Trancas (album)

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Trancas
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Studio album by
John Stewart
ReleasedJune 1984
RecordedShangri-La Studios, Malibu, California
Genre Folk
Length33:18 (LP)
41:04 (CD)
Label Affordable Dreams
Producer John Stewart
John Stewart chronology
Revenge of the Budgie
(1983)		Trancas
(1984)		 Centennial
(1984)
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Trancas is a studio album by the folk artist John Stewart, former member of The Kingston Trio. It was released in 1984 on Affordable Dreams. This album is produced by Stewart and he also plays all the instruments except for a set of electronic Oberheim DMX drums. [2] The album was reissued on CD in 1988 with two extra tracks recorded in April 1988.

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by John Stewart, except where indicated. [3]

  1. "It Ain't the Gold" – 2:57
  2. "Reasons to Rise" – 3:29
  3. "Pilots in Blue" – 3:16
  4. "Chasing Down the Rain" – 3:12
  5. "'Til the Lights Come Home" – 2:46
  1. "Bringing Down the Moon" – 3:03
  2. "All the Lights" – 3:26
  3. "Rocky Top" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:32
  4. "The American Way" – 4:08
  5. "The Chosen" – 3:37

CD Bonus Tracks

  1. "Heart of a Kid" – 3:25
  2. "Irresistible Targets"– 4:18

Personnel

Additional personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Benjamin Blake, Jack Rubeck and Allan Shaw, The Kingston Trio on Record, pp. 240-241, 1986, ISBN   0-9614594-0-9
  3. ↑ Liner notes: Trancas.
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