The Red Thread (Lucy Kaplansky album)

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The Red Thread
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 10, 2004
RecordedJune 2003
Genre Folk, singer-songwriter
Label Red House
Producer Ben Wittman
Lucy Kaplansky chronology
Every Single Day
(2001)
The Red Thread
(2004)
Over the Hills
(2007)
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The Red Thread is the fifth solo album by New York City singer-songwriter Lucy Kaplansky, released in 2004. [2]

Contents

Track listing

Unless noted otherwise, lyrics by Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Litvin, music by Lucy Kaplansky

  1. "I Had Something" – 4:16
  2. "Line in the Sand" – 4:23
  3. "Love Song/New York" (Bill Morrissey) – 4:35
  4. "This Is Home" – 4:02
  5. "Off and Running" (James McMurtry) – 3:44
  6. "Land of the Living" – 4:04
  7. "Cowboy Singer" (Dave Carter) – 3:59
  8. "Hole in My Head" (Jim Lauderdale, Buddy Miller) – 2:53
  9. "The Red Thread" – 3:35
  10. "Brooklyn Train" (Kaplansky, Litvin, Ben Wittman) – 3:15

Personnel

Production notes:

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