Didn't It Feel Kinder

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Didn't It Feel Kinder
Amy Ray Didnt Feel Kinder.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 5, 2008 (2008-08-05)
Genre Folk rock
Length37:55
Label Daemon
Producer Greg Griffith
Amy Ray chronology
Live from Knoxville
(2006)
Didn't It Feel Kinder
(2008)
MVP Live
(2010)

Didn't It Feel Kinder is Amy Ray's third solo album. It was released on August 5, 2008. [1]

Contents

Reception

Editors of AllMusic Guide scored this album 3.5 out of five stars, with the site's review noting the shift toward indie rock on this album and the strength and insight of Ray's lyrics. [2] In Paste , Christine Van Dusen considers this the first Ray solo album where she has found her sound apart from Indigo Girls, crediting this to producer Greg Griffith. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Birds of a Feather" – 3:43
  2. "She's Got to Be" – 5:25
  3. "Bus Bus" – 2:55
  4. "Cold Shoulder" – 2:55
  5. "Who Sold the Gun" – 3:08
  6. "Out on the Farm" – 4:39
  7. "SLC Radio" – 4:44
  8. "Blame Is a Killer" – 2:37
  9. "Stand and Deliver" – 3:43
  10. "Rabbit Foot" – 5:01

Bonus tracks

eMusic [4]
  1. "Angel Egg" – 2:05
  2. "Cold Shoulder" (Alternate Version) – 3:03
Napster [5]
  1. "Blame Is a Killer" (Alternate Version) – 2:58
iTunes Store [6]
  1. "Me and My Baby" – 2:00
  2. "She's Got to Be" (Alternate Version) – 5:20

Personnel

Technical personnel

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References

  1. "Daemon Records". www.daemonrecords.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  2. "Amy Ray – Didn't It Feel Kinder". AllMusic Guide . Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  3. Van Dusen, Christine (2008-08-08). "Amy Ray: Didn't It Feel Kinder". Paste . Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  4. MP3 download Archived 2009-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Napster [ dead link ]
  6. "Didn't It Feel Kinder by Amy Ray on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved April 15, 2017.