Hips and Makers

Infobox Album | Name = Hips and Makers
Type = Album
Artist = Kristin Hersh


Released = (UK) January 25 1994(US) February 1 1994
Recorded = Stable Sound, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Genre = Indie rock / Folk
Producer = Lenny Kaye and Kristin Hersh; Steve Rizzo on "The Letter"
Length = 50:21
Label = 4AD (UK) Sire Records (US)
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:yqja7i28g76r link]
Last album =
This album = "Hips and Makers" (1994)
Next album = "Strange Angels (Kristin Hersh album)" (1998)

"Hips and Makers" is the debut solo album by Kristin Hersh, best known as the primary singer and songwriter of the band Throwing Muses. In contrast to Hersh's rock-oriented work with Throwing Muses, the album is primarily acoustic, with Hersh usually playing unaccompanied. Other credited musicians include Jane Scarpantoni on cello and Michael Stipe of R.E.M., who sings backing vocals on the opening track, "Your Ghost." In addition to Hersh's own material, the album features a cover of the traditional song "The Cuckoo."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kristin Hersh; except where indicated

#"Your Ghost" – 3:16
#"Beestung" – 3:08
#"Teeth" – 4:10
#"Sundrops" – 4:02
#"Sparky" – 1:29
#"Houdini Blues" (Kristin Hersh, W. J. Hersh) – 4:26
#"A Loon" – 4:18
#"Velvet Days" – 3:52
#"Close Your Eyes" – 5:27
#"Me and My Charms" – 4:16
#"Tuesday Night" – 3:03
#"The Letter" – 2:47
#"Lurch" (0:36)
#"The Cuckoo" – 2:12
#"Hips and Makers" – 3:19

Links

[http://www.4ad.com/kristinhersh/releases/hipsandmakers-0/ 'Hips and Makers' page at 4AD] [http://www.alwaysontherun.net/kristin.htm#hips Lyrics at alwaysontherun]