Equal Scary People

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Equal Scary People
Sara Hickman - Equal Scary People.jpg
Studio album by
Released1988
Genre Folk/pop
Length38:42
Label Four Dots
Elektra [1]
Discoveries [2]
Producer Sara Hickman,
Carl Finch
Sara Hickman chronology
Equal Scary People
(1988)
Shortstop
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Equal Scary People is the first album by the American singer-songwriter Sara Hickman, released in 1988 on Four Dots. [5] [6] It was rereleased in 1989 on Elektra Records. [1] [7]

Contents

Production

The album was co-produced by Carl Finch. [8]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "with winning songs that are emotionally resonant and a little loopy, Equal Scary People ... is an album that easily stands out in a soundalike crowd." [9] The Los Angeles Times wrote that Hickman "offers a hip but down-home, honest but irony-laden mix that fans of Michelle Shocked and k.d. lang should relate to just fine." [10]

Track listing

  1. "Simply" (Hickman) – 3:03
  2. "Last Night Was a Big Rain" (Hickman) – 3:19
  3. "500x (The Train Song)" (Hickman) – 5:17
  4. "Song for My Father" (Hickman) – 4:13
  5. "Equal Scary People" (Hickman) – 4:38
  6. "This Is a Man's World" (Brown) – 4:40
  7. "Meant to Be" (Hickman) – 2:48
  8. "Why Don't You" (Hickman) – 4:01
  9. "I Wish I Were a Princess" (Creatore, Peretti, Weiss) – 3:07
  10. "Under the Sycamore Tree" (Hickman) – 3:56

Personnel

Production

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  3. "Equal Scary People - Sara Hickman | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  4. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 319.
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  7. Joyce, Mike (October 29, 1989). "SAMPLING CONTEMPORARY FOLK" via www.washingtonpost.com.
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  10. "Sara Hickman's Down-Home Irony". Los Angeles Times. January 28, 1990.