Sparrows Point (album)

Sparrows Point
Studio album by Richard Shindell
Released	1992
Genre	Folk
Label	Shanachie
Producer	David Seitz, Richard Shindell
Richard Shindell chronology
Sparrows Point (1992) Blue Divide (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Fast Folk Musical Magazine	favorable [2]

Sparrows Point is the debut album by the American musician Richard Shindell, released in 1992. ^{[3] [4]}

Track listing

1. "Are You Happy Now?" – 3:49
2. "Castaway" – 3:55
3. "By Now" – 5:16
4. "The Courier" – 4:18
5. "Sparrows Point" – 4:47
6. "The Kenworth of My Dreams" – 3:44
7. "On a Sea of Fleur-de-Lis" – 4:22
8. "Memory of You" – 3:38
9. "You Again" – 2:59
10. "Nora" – 3:59
11. "Howling at the Trouble" – 3:42

Personnel

Musicians:

• Richard Shindell – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
• Steve Addabbo – electric guitar, harmony
• Greg Anderson – bass, cittern, electric guitar
• Chris Bishop – bass
• Kenneth Blevins – drums
• Larry Campbell – pedal steel, banjo, violin
• Diane Chodkowski – harmony
• Mark Dann – bass
• John Gorka – harmony
• Mark Hamza – hammond organ
• Jack Hardy – harmony
• Margo Hennebach – hammond organ
• Winifred Horan – violin
• Lucy Kaplansky – harmony
• Joanie Madden – Irish whistle
• Mark McColl – percussion
• Marshall Rosenberg – percussion
• Ilene Weiss – harmony
• Howie Wyeth – drums

Production

• Produced by David Seitz and Richard Shindell
  • tracks 2, 5 & 10 by Steve Addabbo, Richard Shindell & David Seitz
  • at Synergy Sound, Great Neck, New York
  • and at Shelter Island Sound, New York City
• Mixed by David Seitz, Richard Meyer, Judy Aweiman and Greg Anderson
  • at Synergy sound
• Mastered by Robert Vosgien, CMS Digital

References

1. Renner, Chip & Meyer, Richard, "Review: Sparrows Point", AllMusic
2. Allen, Jim, "The Ten Best Albums of 1992", Fast Folk Musical Magazine , 6:9–10, (February 1993) p.12-13
3. Robins, Wayne (February 16, 1992). "Fast Folk: Keeping the Faith". Fanfare. Newsday. p. 15.
4. Shapiro, Stephanie (September 20, 1992). "Sunday Snapshots". The Baltimore Sun. p. 1K.

External links

• Sparrows Point page at richardshindell.com