MICHELLE SHOCKED
''SHORT SHARP SHOCKED''
1988
36:22
1/When I Grow Up/3:29
2/Hello Hopeville/2:54
3/Memories of East Texas/3:33
4/(Making the Run to) Gladewater/3:03
5/Graffiti Limbo/3:27
6/If Love Was a Train/4:03
7/Anchorage/3:21
8/The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore/Jean Ritchie/4:07
9/V.F.D./2:47
10/Black Widow/2:36
11/Fogtown/2:25
All songs by Michelle Shocked except 8
Michelle Shocked/acoustic guitar, vocals;
Pete Anderson/electric guitar, six string bass (Hopeville);
Jeff Donavan/drums;
Domenic Genova/electric and acoustic bass;
Skip Edwards/piano, hammond organ;
Mike Tempo/percussion;
Al Perkins/dobro;
Byron Berline/mandolin;
Don Reed/fiddles
Rod Piazza/harmonica
Kristina Olson/hammered dulcimer; banjo
Jim Croce/banjo;
Sophia Ramos/vocals
M.D.C./vocals on track 11 (Mixed by Peter Doell)
REVIEW
by Chris Woodstra
Michelle Shocked is asked in the song "Anchorage," "What's it like to be a skateboard punk rocker?" Perhaps it takes a flashback like Short Sharp Shocked to fully answer the more interesting question, "How did you get there?" The album finds Shocked taking a semi-fond trip back to an East Texas childhood, and all of the defined roles, limited expectations, claustrophobia, and ultimate rebellion coming from that environment. Musically, she tackles the spectrum of rootsy folk in a warm way that shows not only a love for, but also a great deal of knowledge of the forms (producer Pete Anderson added a Nashville gloss to the recordings that shouldn't go unnoticed). The songs have a very personal, almost diary feel, but at the same time, they speak a universal language -- none so poignant as the album's centerpiece, "Anchorage," a touching letter from an old friend. The cover photo, which shows Shocked restrained by police officers during a protest, indicates little about the music found within (save for the uncredited album closer, the hardcore punk work-up of "Fog Town" featuring MDC), but the music certainly reveals much about the protestor.
''SHORT SHARP SHOCKED''
1988
36:22
1/When I Grow Up/3:29
2/Hello Hopeville/2:54
3/Memories of East Texas/3:33
4/(Making the Run to) Gladewater/3:03
5/Graffiti Limbo/3:27
6/If Love Was a Train/4:03
7/Anchorage/3:21
8/The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore/Jean Ritchie/4:07
9/V.F.D./2:47
10/Black Widow/2:36
11/Fogtown/2:25
All songs by Michelle Shocked except 8
Michelle Shocked/acoustic guitar, vocals;
Pete Anderson/electric guitar, six string bass (Hopeville);
Jeff Donavan/drums;
Domenic Genova/electric and acoustic bass;
Skip Edwards/piano, hammond organ;
Mike Tempo/percussion;
Al Perkins/dobro;
Byron Berline/mandolin;
Don Reed/fiddles
Rod Piazza/harmonica
Kristina Olson/hammered dulcimer; banjo
Jim Croce/banjo;
Sophia Ramos/vocals
M.D.C./vocals on track 11 (Mixed by Peter Doell)
REVIEW
by Chris Woodstra
Michelle Shocked is asked in the song "Anchorage," "What's it like to be a skateboard punk rocker?" Perhaps it takes a flashback like Short Sharp Shocked to fully answer the more interesting question, "How did you get there?" The album finds Shocked taking a semi-fond trip back to an East Texas childhood, and all of the defined roles, limited expectations, claustrophobia, and ultimate rebellion coming from that environment. Musically, she tackles the spectrum of rootsy folk in a warm way that shows not only a love for, but also a great deal of knowledge of the forms (producer Pete Anderson added a Nashville gloss to the recordings that shouldn't go unnoticed). The songs have a very personal, almost diary feel, but at the same time, they speak a universal language -- none so poignant as the album's centerpiece, "Anchorage," a touching letter from an old friend. The cover photo, which shows Shocked restrained by police officers during a protest, indicates little about the music found within (save for the uncredited album closer, the hardcore punk work-up of "Fog Town" featuring MDC), but the music certainly reveals much about the protestor.