Traffic from Paradise

Traffic from Paradise
Studio album by Rickie Lee Jones
Released	14 September 1993
Recorded	1993 at Conway Recording Studios, Oceanway Studios and Signet Sound Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Rock
Length	44:45
Label	Geffen
Producer	Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones chronology
Pop Pop (1991) Traffic from Paradise (1993) Naked Songs (1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Traffic from Paradise is the seventh album by musician Rickie Lee Jones, released in September 1993.

Track listing

All songs written by Rickie Lee Jones, except where noted.

1. "Pink Flamingos" – 6:31
2. "Altar Boy" – 2:27
3. "Stewart's Coat" – 4:31
4. "Beat Angels" (Sal Bernardi) – 4:11
5. "Tigers" – 5:48
6. "Rebel Rebel" (David Bowie) – 4:39
7. "Jolie Jolie" – 4:26
8. "Running from Mercy" (Jones, Leo Kottke) – 6:01
9. "A Stranger's Car" – 2:53
10. "The Albatross" (Jones, Kottke, John Leftwich) – 3:12

Personnel

• Rickie Lee Jones – vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, keyboards, bowed dulcimer,backing vocals
• John Leftwich – bass, cello, backing vocals, acoustic guitar on "Tigers"
• Sal Bernardi – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Leo Kottke – six-string, twelve-string, slide acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• David Hidalgo – eight-string electric guitar on "Beat Angels"
• Brian Setzer – electric guitar on "Rebel Rebel", backing vocals
• Dean Parks – electric guitar on "Tigers"
• David Baerwald – electric guitar on "The Albatross", backing vocals
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Alex Acuña – drums, congas on "Tigers"
• Brad Dutz – percussion, marima, tarkas, bodhran, udu, mixing bowls on "Rebel Rebel"
• Efrain Toro – percussion on "Pink Flamingos" & "Stewart's Coat"
• Bobby Bruce – violin
• Doug Lyons – French horn
• Syd Straw – backing vocals
• Teresa Tudbury – backing vocals

References

1. Ruhlmann, William. Traffic from Paradise at AllMusic
2. Manning, Kara (28 October 1993). "Rickie Lee Jones: Traffic From Paradise : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2012.