''Captain Swing'' is a mixed genre album by American

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singer-songwriter

Michelle Shocked Michelle Shocked (born Karen Michelle Johnston; February 24, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter. Her music has entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, and received an award ...

. It was first released by

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in 1989 and later reissued by Shocked's own label Mighty Sound in 2004. It was named after Captain Swing, the pseudonymous rebel leader who penned threatening letters during the rural English

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of 1830. The album was a cross-country inventory of swing musical styles—from Dixieland to Western, Big Band to BeBop.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Michelle Shocked; except where indicated #"God Is a Real Estate Developer" (Shocked, Matt Fox) – 3:13 #"On the Greener Side" – 2:56 #"Silent Ways" – 2:40 #"Sleep Keeps Me Awake" – 2:44 #"The Cement Lament" – 3:07 #"(Don't You Mess Around with) My Little Sister" – 2:39 #"Looks Like Mona Lisa" – 2:32 #"Too Little Too Late" – 2:16 #"Streetcorner Ambassador" – 3:28 #"Must Be Luff" – 2:45 #"Russian Roulette" – 3:33 (hidden track)

Personnel

*Michelle Shocked – vocals,

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* Pete Anderson – electric guitar, six-string bass guitar *Skip Edwards – piano,

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*Jeff Donavan – drums *James Cruce – drums on "On the Greener Side" * Dusty Wakeman – electric bass *Dominic Genova –

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– percussion *

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(a.k.a. Daniel Friedberg) –

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* Zachary Richard –

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*Lee Thornburg – trumpet *David Stout –

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*Beverly Dahlke-Smith –

baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone (sometimes abbreviated to "bari sax") is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass saxophone, bass. It is the lowe ...

clarinet The clarinet is a Single-reed instrument, single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore (wind instruments), bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instrume ...

*Steve Grove –

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

*Paul Glasse –

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*Don Reed – strings *John Begzian – emulator program

Technical personnel

* Pete Anderson – producer,

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* Peter Doell – engineer (Capitol Studio B) * David Leonard – mixing engineer (Skip Sailor Recording, Sound Castle Studio, The Enterprise) *Don Murray – mixing engineer on 8, 9 & 10. * Charlie Paakkari – additional engineer *

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– mastering engineer (Precision Lacquered) *Barb Hein – production assistant *Ross Garfield – custom drums and tuning (Drum Doctor) *

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– cover art (Fantagraphics)

Charts

References

1989 albums Michelle Shocked albums Albums produced by Pete Anderson Mercury Records albums {{1990s-folk-album-stub