| Shortstop | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by Sara Hickman | ||||
| Released | October 15, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | Summer 1990, Powertrax Studios, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Folk/pop | |||
| Length | 55:05 | |||
| Label | Elektra [1] | |||
| Producer | Sara Hickman, David Kershenbaum [2] | |||
| Sara Hickman chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B [5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Shortstop is the second album by the American singer-songwriter Sara Hickman, released in 1990. [7]
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]
"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]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In the Fields" | Sara Hickman | 4:37 |
| 2. | "Shortstop" | Sara Hickman | 4:38 |
| 3. | "Aurora" | Sara Hickman | 6:07 |
| 4. | "I Couldn't Help Myself" | Sara Hickman; Debbie Talasek | 5:26 |
| 5. | "If We Sent Our Hearts over Now" | Sara Hickman | 4:56 |
| 6. | "The Very Thing" | Sara Hickman; Sandy Abernathy | 4:38 |
| 7. | "Salvador" | Sara Hickman | 4:50 |
| 8. | "Don't Give Up" | Sara Hickman | 4:47 |
| 9. | "Too Fast" | Sara Hickman | 3:54 |
| 10. | "Claim on My Heart" | Sara Hickman | 4:06 |
| 11. | "Take It Like a Man" | Sara Hickman | 7:06 |
| 12. | "Little Blue Man" | Sara Hickman | 1:07 |
| Total length: | 56:20 | ||
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