The Honesty Room

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The Honesty Room
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Studio album by
Released1993
Genre Folk
Length47:17
Label Razor & Tie
Producer Dar Williams, Adam Rothberg, David Seitz, Brooks Williams
Dar Williams chronology
All My Heroes Are Dead
(1991)
The Honesty Room
(1993)
Mortal City
(1996)

The Honesty Room is the first album by singer/songwriter Dar Williams. [1] [2] It was released independently in 1993 and rereleased in 1995 on Razor & Tie. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Washington Post noted that "few of her peers write in the first person with as much wit, warmth and ... honesty." [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Dar Williams.

  1. "When I Was a Boy" – 4:46
  2. "Alleluia" – 3:09
  3. "The Great Unknown" – 4:15
  4. "When Sal's Burned Down" – 4:16
  5. "The Babysitter's Here" – 3:57
  6. "You're Aging Well" – 4:13
  7. "Traveling Again (Traveling I)" – 3:41
  8. "In Love But Not at Peace" – 2:57
  9. "Mark Rothko Song" – 3:44
  10. "This Is Not the House That Pain Built" – 3:36
  11. "I Love, I Love (Traveling II)" – 3:05
  12. "Flinty Kind of Woman" – 2:44
  13. "Arrival" – 2:54

Personnel

Track information and credits adapted from album's liner notes. [6]

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References

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  2. Catlin, Roger (Apr 12, 1994). "Local Bands Making Waves". Hartford Courant. p. C1.
  3. Ryan, Jim (June 13, 2014). "Dar Williams Talks About the 20th Anniversary of The Honesty Room (Saturday, June 14 at The Old Town School)". Chicago Now. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  4. Anderson, Rick. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. Joyce, Mike (June 10, 1994). "Dar Williams's Wit Fills 'Honesty Room'". The Washington Post. p. N16.
  6. The Honesty Room (liner notes). Razor & Tie. 1993. RT 2816.