Traffic from Paradise

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Traffic from Paradise
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Studio album by
Released14 September 1993
Recorded1993
StudioConway Recording Studios, Oceanway Studios and Signet Sound Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre Rock
Length44:45
Label Geffen
Producer Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones chronology
Pop Pop
(1991)
Traffic from Paradise
(1993)
Naked Songs
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Christgau's Consumer Guide Scissors icon black.svg [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly unfavorable [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Orlando Sentinel Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Traffic from Paradise is the seventh album by the musician Rickie Lee Jones, released in September 1993.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Rickie Lee Jones, except where noted.

  1. "Pink Flamingos" – 6:31
  2. "Altar Boy" – 2:27
  3. "Stewart's Coat" – 4:31
  4. "Beat Angels" (Sal Bernardi) – 4:11
  5. "Tigers" – 5:48
  6. "Rebel Rebel" (David Bowie) – 4:39
  7. "Jolie Jolie" – 4:26
  8. "Running from Mercy" (Jones, Leo Kottke) – 6:01
  9. "A Stranger's Car" – 2:53
  10. "The Albatross" (Jones, Kottke, John Leftwich) – 3:12

Personnel

Technical

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