Bloom, Red & the Ordinary Girl

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Bloom, Red & The Ordinary Girl
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ReleasedMarch 7, 2006
Label Yep Roc Records
Producer Neil Brockbank, Robert Trehern
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Sweetwater
(2004)
Bloom, Red & The Ordinary Girl
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Bloom, Red & The Ordinary Girl (the title refers both to the Chicas' nicknames and lyrics on the album) is an alternative country album by Tres Chicas. Supported by Matt Radford and Geraint Watkins and produced by Nick Lowe collaborators Neil Brockbank and Robert Trehern, who also features on drums. Musically, the album tends to stick to easy tempos and sparse arrangements organized around acoustic guitar, keyboards and the Chicas' twining harmonies.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Drop Me Down"
  2. "Stone Love Song"
  3. "My Love"
  4. "Shade Trees In Bloom"
  5. "Red"
  6. "Sway"
  7. "Only Broken"
  8. "Still I Run"
  9. "The Man of The People"
  10. "400 Flamingos"
  11. "Slip So Easily"
  12. "If You Think That It's All Right"

Personnel

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References

  1. "Bloom, Red & The Ordinary Girl". Allmusic . Retrieved October 14, 2017.