Flying Cowboys

by Rickie Lee Jones

Flying Cowboys cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 September 1989
  • Label: Geffen
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 55:24
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by Steely Dan's Walter Becker, this album marked a highly successful, critically acclaimed return following a significant hiatus. Rickie Lee Jones infuses her bohemian singer-songwriter style with sophisticated, atmospheric jazz-pop arrangements, reflecting maturely on motherhood and spiritual awakening. The record was praised for its pristine sonic depth and her uniquely elastic, emotionally resonant vocal phrasing.

Genres

Descriptors: piano, sophisticated, storytelling, crooning, bluesy, folk, acoustic, female-vocals, ballad

Tracklist

  1. The Horses (4:47)
  2. Just My Baby (4:44)
  3. Ghetto Of My Mind (6:12)
  4. Rodeo Girl (4:50)
  5. Satellites (4:54)
  6. Ghost Train (4:16)
  7. Flying Cowboys (5:02)
  8. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying (4:20)
  9. Love Is Gonna Bring Us Back Alive (4:51)
  10. Away From The Sky (5:30)
  11. Atlas' Marker (5:58)

Credits

  • Rickie Lee Jones - primary artist, synthesizer [string synthesizer], written-by, keyboards, backing vocals, steel drums, instruments [all], guitar, synthesizer, drum programming, guitar, synthesizer, organ, acoustic guitar, synthesizer
  • Jose Esteban Martinez - painting [front cover]
  • Kevin Dorsey - backing vocals
  • Michael Ruff - backing vocals
  • Neil Stubenhaus - bass
  • John Robinson - drums
  • Buzzy Feiten - electric guitar, acoustic guitar [nylon string]
  • Dean Parks - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, acoustic guitar [steel string]

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