Little Three (album)

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Little Three
Robin Holcomb - Little Three.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 26, 1996
RecordedApril 7, 1995 (1995-04-07)–April 9, 1995 (1995-04-09) at The Recital Hall, Purchase, New York
Genre Folk
Length45:09
Label Nonesuch [1]
Producer Judith Sherman
Robin Holcomb chronology
Rockabye
(1992)
Little Three
(1996)
The Big Time
(2002)
Professional ratings
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Little Three is an album by Robin Holcomb, released in 1996. [3] [4]

Contents

Critical reception

The Village Voice called the album "both a return to the kind of rigorous composition Holcomb started out in and a proud shrug in the direction of pop accessibility." [5] The New York Times noted that "simple religious and folk tunes coexist with the more complicated harmonies of impressionism." [6] The Gazette wrote: "Unclassifiable 'serious' music for piano and occasional voice—Satie impressionism, American expressionism, Stephen Foster-like folk, and all of it beautiful, balanced and wise." [7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Robin Holcomb.

No.TitleLength
1."Wherein Lies the Good"13:48
2."Processional"1:44
3."The Graveyard Song"4:25
4."Tiny Sisters"17:29
5."The Impulse"2:42
6."Little Three"3:05
7."The Window"1:56

Personnel

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