Heartbeats Accelerating

by Kate & Anna McGarrigle

Heartbeats Accelerating cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1990
  • Label: Private Music
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 42:33
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Returning to the studio after an extended hiatus, the acclaimed Canadian sisters update their organic, rustic harmonies with subtle, modern synthesizer flourishes. The sophisticated, mature songwriting addresses themes of aging, romance, and mortality with their characteristic wit and profound emotional grace.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, storytelling, acoustic, confessional, vintage, female-vocals, melodic, piano, personal, accessible

Tracklist

  1. Heartbeats Accelerating (3:38)
  2. I Eat Dinner (4:54)
  3. Rainbow Ride (4:38)
  4. Mother Mother (4:20)
  5. Love Is (4:40)
  6. D.J. Serenade (4:10)
  7. I'm Losing You (3:49)
  8. Hit And Run Love (4:08)
  9. Leave Me Be (5:17)
  10. St. James Hospital (2:59)

Credits

  • Kate & Anna McGarrigle - primary artist, accordion, vocals, piano, written-by, keyboards, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, music by, organ [b-3], drum
  • Dan Kent - supervised by [technical supervisor]
  • Dan Gigon - bass
  • Yves Gigon - drums, drums, percussion
  • Michael Breen - guitar, twelve-string guitar
  • Joel Zifkin - violin
  • Bill Dillon - guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, guitar, violin
  • Michel Dupirre - percussion

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