Captain Swing (album)
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ReleasedOctober 1989
StudioCapitol Studios (Los Angeles, CA)[1]
| Captain Swing | ||||
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| Released | October 1989 | |||
| Studio | Capitol Studios (Los Angeles, CA)[1] | |||
| Genre | Folk, blues, bebop, Dixieland | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Pete Anderson | |||
| Michelle Shocked chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | B[3] |
Captain Swing is a mixed genre album by American folk singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked. It was first released by Mercury Records in 1989 and later reissued by Shocked's own label Mighty Sound in 2004. It was named after Captain Swing, the pseudonymous rebel leader who penned threatening letters during the rural English Swing riots of 1830.[4] The album was a cross-country inventory of swing musical styles—from Dixieland to Western, Big Band to BeBop.
All tracks composed by Michelle Shocked; except where indicated
- "God Is a Real Estate Developer" (Shocked, Matt Fox) – 3:13
- "On the Greener Side" – 2:56
- "Silent Ways" – 2:40
- "Sleep Keeps Me Awake" – 2:44
- "The Cement Lament" – 3:07
- "(Don't You Mess Around with) My Little Sister" – 2:39
- "Looks Like Mona Lisa" – 2:32
- "Too Little Too Late" – 2:16
- "Streetcorner Ambassador" – 3:28
- "Must Be Luff" – 2:45
- "Russian Roulette" – 3:33 (hidden track)
