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Two Kinds Of Laughter | ||||
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Released | March 17, 1998 | |||
Genre | Folk pop | |||
Length | 51:20 | |||
Label | Shanachie Records [1] | |||
Producer | Adrian Belew [2] | |||
Sara Hickman chronology | ||||
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Two Kinds of Laughter is an album by the American singer-songwriter Sara Hickman, released in 1998. [4] [5]
The Chicago Tribune thought that "Belew generally stays out of the way of Hickman's breezy, congenial folk-pop, keeping the focus on her achingly earnest lyrics and lithe, undemanding melodies." [6]
AllMusic wrote that "Hickman creates an inviting tension in her songs, pitting unusual lyric lines against catchy melodies." [3]
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