Soft Dangerous Shores

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Soft Dangerous Shores
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 26, 2005
Recorded2005
Genre Rock
Length41:07
Label Messenger Records
Producer Malcolm Burn
Chris Whitley chronology
War Crime Blues
(2004)
Soft Dangerous Shores
(2005)
Reiter In
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
PopMatters 8/10 [3]
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Soft Dangerous Shores is the twelfth album by singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley. It is his tenth studio album.

Contents

Malcolm Burn produced, mixed, and played on the album. It was recorded by Burn in Kingston, New York.

He recorded the album in 2 weeks and "basically wrote a song a day". [5]

Track listing

All tracks written by Chris Whitley.

  1. "Fireroad (for Two)" – 3:26
  2. "Soft Dangerous Shores" – 4:10
  3. "As Day is Long" – 3:30
  4. "Valley of the Innocents" – 3:28
  5. "City of Women" – 6:36
  6. "Times Square Machine (N.Y.C. February 1991)" – 0:54
  7. "Her Furious Angels" – 3:11
  8. "Last Million Miles" – 4:21
  9. "Medicine Wheel" – 4:33
  10. "End Game Holiday" – 4:22
  11. "Breath of Shadows" – 3:53
  12. [unnamed] – 0:18

Personnel

Additional personnel

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References

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  2. Allmusic review
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  4. "Review: Chris Whitley, Soft Dangerous Shores". Slant Magazine . July 27, 2005.
  5. "'Soft Dangerous' Blues from Chris Whitley". NPR. August 11, 2005.