Out of the Cradle

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Out of the Cradle
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Studio album by
Lindsey Buckingham
ReleasedJune 16, 1992
Recorded1988–1992
Genre Rock, new wave
Length48:42
Label Reprise [1]
Producer Lindsey Buckingham,
Richard Dashut
Lindsey Buckingham chronology
Go Insane
(1984)		Out of the Cradle
(1992)		 Under the Skin
(2006)
Singles from Out of the Cradle
  1. "Wrong"
    Released: June 1992 (US)
  2. "Countdown"
    Released: July 1992 (UK)
  3. "Soul Drifter"
    Released: November 1992
  4. "Don't Look Down"
    Released: April 1993
Professional ratings
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MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Stereo Review A [7]

Out of the Cradle is the third solo album by American singer/songwriter Lindsey Buckingham. [8] Released in 1992, it was Buckingham's first album after his departure from Fleetwood Mac, in 1987 (though Buckingham rejoined the band in 1997). [8] He named the album after Walt Whitman's poem "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking." [9] The album reached #128 on the US Billboard 200 album chart, #51 on the UK Albums Chart, and #70 on the Canada Albums Chart. In Canada, four singles charted within the top 60.

Contents

Ten of the songs on the album (counting "Instrumental Introduction To") were included on Solo Anthology: The Best of Lindsey Buckingham .

Background

Six months after his departure from Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham began work on Out of the Cradle in his home studio. [10] [11] Richard Dashut, who worked with Buckingham on many Fleetwood Mac albums, helped co-produce and co-write much of the material on Out of the Cradle. [12] Recording sessions took place in Los Angeles at Buckingham's home studio, where he worked on the album for 10 to 11 hours a day, sometimes in the company of Dashut. [11] Dashut served as a "sounding board" for Buckingham during the making of Out of the Cradle and offered input on how to approach some of the songs. Buckingham added that Dashut was "great with broad strokes and seeing the big picture. I tend to get lost in small details, so it's good to have him around." [13]

When making Out of the Cradle, Buckingham decided to pivot away from synthesizers in favor of guitars and stated that he wanted the album to challenge listeners while still remaining accessible. [14] Buckingham specifically gravitated towards acoustic guitars for Out of the Cradle, particularly nylon-string guitars as a means of making some of his denser compositions sound lighter, although he did utilize electric guitars when the song required it. All of the instruments were recorded in mono as opposed to stereo and the guitars were recorded directly into the mixing console. Gated sounds and other audio effects were generally avoided during the recording process, although Buckingham did double and triple some parts to achieve a "squashed" sound. [13]

One song, "Street of Dreams", had elements that date back to the mid-eighties. The middle section was written around 1985 and the verses were completed six years later. Buckingham said that other songs such as "Soul Drifter" took far less time to write, and noted that the song "was kind of blocked out and completed, words wise, before ever committing it to tape. It was done with a Tin-Pan Alley sensibility in mind". [15] Some of the rhythm tracks on the album were programmed on a drum machine, which Buckingham "tried to keep as human and sloppy as possible." [14]

Out of the Cradle contains multiple instrumental introductions to songs and two covers: "All My Sorrows" and "This Nearly Was Mine", the latter of which was a personal favorite of Buckingham's father. Buckingham took some liberties with "All My Sorrows" by changing the chords and the melody, although the lyrics were retained. [15] On "You Do Or You Don't", an original composition, Buckingham quoted a melodic line from "Theme From A Summer Place" as it matched the emotional tone that he envisioned. [14]

Buckingham said that the album title, which refers to Walt Whitman's 1874 poem "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking", relates both to his departure from Fleetwood Mac and "the child still rocking around inside of us after we become adults". For some of the lyrics, Buckingham took inspiration from Whitman's poems and the literary work of Dylan Thomas. [16]

Release

The album's woodcuts were done by musician Walter Egan and gifted to Buckingham as a Christmas present prior to the assembling of the album's packaging. [17] Some of Buckingham's family photos were also included in the liner notes. [14] Four promotional music videos were shot for Out of the Cradle: "Wrong", "Countdown", "Soul Drifter", and "Don't Look Down". As of 2019, Lindsey Buckingham has released all four of these videos to his official YouTube Channel. [18] [19] [20] [21]

In support of the album, Buckingham embarked on his first solo tour. [22] Portions of the debut concert in Los Angeles were released on the live album Never Going Back Again in 2023 on Spotify.

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times wrote that "it’s impossible to miss the meaning of Out of the Cradle: the primacy of the guitar as an expressive instrument." [4] The Rolling Stone Album Guide said that "one catchy song after song, the sonic details flesh out the deceptively simple melodies." [6] The Washington Post declared: "The album's stories are told with music, and only Brian Wilson, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and a handful of others have made rock-and-roll as rich and powerful as this." [10] Of "Say We'll Meet Again", Magnet wrote that "Buckingham’s Beach Boys/Les Paul & Mary Ford fascination manifests itself on this spare and breezy ballad, which closes Out Of The Cradle in most gentle fashion." [23] AllMusic wrote that along with Michael Nesmith's Tropical Campfires , Out of the Cradle "may be one of the finest and most underrated albums of the 1990s." [24]

Track listing

All tracks written by Lindsey Buckingham and Richard Dashut except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Instrumental Introduction To:" (Buckingham)0:25
2."Don't Look Down" (Buckingham)2:47
3."Wrong"4:19
4."Countdown" (Buckingham)3:21
5."All My Sorrows" (The Kingston Trio)4:01
6."Soul Drifter" (Buckingham)3:27
7."Instrumental Introduction To"0:41
8."This Is the Time"4:49
9."You Do or You Don't"3:37
10."Street of Dreams"4:28
11."Spoken Introduction To"0:46
12."Surrender the Rain"3:36
13."Doing What I Can" (Buckingham)4:05
14."Turn It On"3:50
15."This Nearly Was Mine" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein)1:36
16."Say We'll Meet Again" (Buckingham, Robert Aguirre)2:28

Personnel

Main Performer

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [25] 135
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [26] 70
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [27] 57
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [28] 28
UK Albums (OCC) [29] 51
US Billboard 200 [30] 128

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