''The Tide'' is the debut album by American singer-songwriter

Lucy Kaplansky Lucy Kaplansky (born February 16, 1960) is an American folk musician based in New York City. Kaplansky has a PhD in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University and plays guitar, mandolin, and piano. Life and career Kaplansky was originally fro ...

, released in 1994. It was produced primarily by

Shawn Colvin Shawn Colvin (born Shawna Lee Colvin, January 10, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 1997 Grammy Award-winning song "Sunny Came Home". Early life Colvin was born Shawna Lee Colvin in Vermillion, South Dakota, and ...

. Red House Records released a remastered version on October 4, 2005, including two bonus tracks.

Critical reception

The ''

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'' wrote that the album "is a fine showcase for Kaplansky's small but emotive voice, a warbling approach that has its limits, but often pierces through to the frightened heart of a lovelorn lyric."

Track listing

# "The Tide" (

, Richard Litvin) – 4:15 # "When I Get to the Border" ( Richard Thompson) – 2:57 # "Texas Blues" ( Bill Morrissey) – 2:47 # "The Heart" (Tom Russell, Greg Trooper) – 3:34 # "My Name Joe" ( David Massengill) – 5:02 # "Somebody's Home" (Kaplansky) – 3:37 # "Guinevere" (

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) – 4:17 # "Delivery Truck" (George Gerdes, Mark Johnson) – 3:06 # "You Just Need a Home" (Kaplansky) – 3:50 # "The Eyes of My Beholder" (Batteau) – 3:02 # "Secret Journey" ( Sting) – 2:35 # "Goodnight" ( Cliff Eberhardt) – 3:17 # "Everybody Knows But Me" (

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) – 2:14 (remastered edition) # " I've Just Seen a Face" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:13 (remastered edition)

Personnel

– vocals, guitar, background vocals *

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– guitar, fiddle, dobro, mandolin, pedal steel guitar, Cittern, guitar *

Anton Sanko Anton Sanko is a composer, orchestrator and producer born in New York City. He has been writing music for films since 1991. He scored '' Ouija'' for Blumhouse/ Universal, '' Jessabelle'' for Blumhouse/Lionsgate, and ''Visions'', also for Blumh ...

– organ, lap steel guitar *Charlie Giordano – accordion * Drew Zingg – guitar *Michael Visceglia – bass * Roly Salley – bass, background vocals *

– guitar, background vocals *

Richard Shindell Richard Shindell (born August 3, 1960) is an American Folk music, folk singer, songwriter, producer, and musician. Shindell grew up in Port Washington, New York, Port Washington, New York, and now lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with his wife ...

– background vocals *

Kenneth Blevins Kenneth Blevins (born in Lake Charles, Louisiana) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. As a session drummer, he has contributed to the work of many well-known artists. Biography Early career As a child ...

– drums, percussion *Frank Vilardi – percussion Production notes: *Shawn Colvin – producer *Anton Sanko – additional production *Dennis McNerney – engineer *Geoff Keehn – engineer *David Glasser – mastering *Linda Beauvais – art direction *Irene Young – photography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tide Lucy Kaplansky albums 1994 debut albums Red House Records albums