The Return of Red Emma

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The Return of Red Emma
Lida Husik - The Return of Red Emma.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 8, 1993
Recorded1992 (1992)
StudioNoise New York
(Jersey City, NJ)
Genre Alternative rock
Length40:13
Label Shimmy Disc [1]
Producer Lida Husik, Ron Paul
Lida Husik chronology
Your Bag
(1992)
The Return of Red Emma
(1993)
Evening at the Grange
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Return of Red Emma is the third studio album by the singer-songwriter Lida Husik, released in 1993 by Shimmy Disc. [4] [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "the swirling moods seem less to spring mysteriously from the songs themselves — as they do on Bozo — than to be draped over them. It sounds oddly unsettled and tired at the same time." [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lida Husik, except "Bustop," by Tim Briffa

No.TitleLength
1."Back in the March"3:10
2."Highgate"2:14
3."AZT NO"3:17
4."Suicide Sedan"3:19
5."Earthquake Blues"1:59
6."Light of the Day"2:18
7."Hopi Ants"2:45
8."Hemlock"2:48
9."Pyramus and Thisbe"1:58
10."Match Girl"3:05
11."Bustop"3:57
12."Monitor"3:51
13."Happy"4:40

Personnel

Adapted from The Return of Red Emma liner notes. [6]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1993 Shimmy Disc CD, CS, LP shimmy 062

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References

  1. "Releases". shimmy-disc.net.
  2. Raggett, Ned. "Lida Husik: The Return of Red Emma > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  3. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 569.
  4. 1 2 Greenberger, David; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Lida Husik". Trouser Press . Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  5. "Lida Husik | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. The Return of Red Emma (booklet). Lida Husik. New York City: Shimmy Disc. 1993.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)