Murder, Misery and Then Goodnight

by Kristin Hersh

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 October 1998
  • Label: 4AD
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 31:28
  • Community rating: 3.28/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Kristin Hersh's 'Murder, Misery and Then Goodnight' turns to traditional Appalachian folk songs, murder ballads and lullabies sung with stark intimacy. It connects her own intense songwriting back to the American folk sources beneath it.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, storytelling, personal, ballad, traditional

Tracklist

  1. Down In The Willow Garden (4:55)
  2. I Never Will Marry (2:31)
  3. Sweet Roseanne (3:03)
  4. Poor Ellen Smith (2:11)
  5. Pretty Polly (2:06)
  6. Little Birdy (2:14)
  7. Mama's Gonna Buy (2:20)
  8. Fly Around My Blue Eyed Girl (1:21)
  9. Banks Of The Ohio (3:36)
  10. Three Nights Drunk (2:01)
  11. What'll We Do With The Baby-o (2:20)
  12. Whole Heap Of Little Horses (2:50)

Credits

  • Ryder James O'Connell - backing vocals, piano

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