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- Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
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- Release Date: September 14, 1993
- Total Time: 43:34
- Genre: Rock
Review
"Just give me many chances ... time to learn to crawl," sings Rickie Lee Jones on this, her fifth album of new material in 14 years. Clearly, she's had a lot of chances already, and some have paid off big, notably her first two albums, Rickie Lee Jones and Pirates. Here, however, Jones has made a record of what sound like rough performances of musical ideas that might at some point become songs and then, with some work, acceptable recordings. As it is, the record is vague and unfocused, only aspiring to coherence when someone other than the singer/songwriter/producer is heard from, such as on the two songs co-written by Leo Kottke. Too much of the time, Jones sounds like she's singing half-forgotten songs in the calm aftermath of an all-night party, and the result is wispy and fragmentary, even when, on David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel," you know there's a real song in there somewhere. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Pink Flamingos | Rickie Lee Jones | Rickie Lee Jones | (6:32) |
| Altar Boy | Rickie Lee Jones | Rickie Lee Jones | (2:26) |
| Stewart's Coat | Rickie Lee Jones | Rickie Lee Jones | (4:32) |
| Beat Angels | Rickie Lee Jones | (4:12) | |
| Tigers | Rickie Lee Jones, |
Rickie Lee Jones | (4:49) |
| Rebel Rebel (Lyrics) | David Bowie | Rickie Lee Jones | (4:37) |
| Jolie Jolie | Rickie Lee Jones | Rickie Lee Jones | (4:23) |
| Running from Mercy | Leo Kottke, Rickie Lee Jones | Rickie Lee Jones | (5:59) |
| A Stranger's Car | Rickie Lee Jones | Rickie Lee Jones | (2:53) |
| The Albatross | Leo Kottke, Rickie Lee Jones, |
Rickie Lee Jones | (3:11) |
