Shortstop (album)

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Shortstop
Sara Hickman - Shortstop.jpg
Studio album by
Sara Hickman
Released1990
RecordedSummer 1990, Powertrax Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre Adult contemporary
Length55:05
Label Elektra [1]
Producer Sara Hickman, David Kershenbaum [2]
Sara Hickman chronology
Equal Scary People
(1989)
Shortstop
(1990)
Necessary Angels
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly B [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Shortstop is the second album by the American singer-songwriter Sara Hickman, released in 1990. [7]

Contents

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album a "sleek commercial effort," writing that Hickman "rises to the challenge with exquisite vocal control and clever, inventive songs on such diverse topics as Salvador Dali, American hostages, sisterly love and the foibles of male sexuality." [2]

Release

"I Couldn't Help Myself" was an adult contemporary hit. [7] Shortstop was Hickman's sole album for Elektra; she was dropped after its release, in part, because she did not include her Arachnophobia soundtrack song, "Blue Eyes Are Sensitive to the Light." [8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."In the Fields"Sara Hickman4:37
2."Shortstop"Sara Hickman4:38
3."Aurora"Sara Hickman6:07
4."I Couldn't Help Myself"Sara Hickman; Debbie Talasek5:26
5."If We Sent Our Hearts over Now"Sara Hickman4:56
6."The Very Thing"Sara Hickman; Sandy Abernathy4:38
7."Salvador"Sara Hickman4:50
8."Don't Give Up"Sara Hickman4:47
9."Too Fast"Sara Hickman3:54
10."Claim on My Heart"Sara Hickman4:06
11."Take It Like a Man"Sara Hickman7:06
12."Little Blue Man"Sara Hickman1:07
Total length:56:20

Personnel

Production

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References

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  5. "Shortstop". EW.com.
  6. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 319.
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  8. Bass, Shermakaye (April 23, 1998). "A mother's kisses". Dallas Observer.