Tenderness (Kip Hanrahan album)
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | December 1988 – March 1990 | |||
| Studio | RPM Sound Studios, Skyline Studios, Sorcerer Sound, Sound Ideas Studios, Sound on Sound, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz, pop, rock[1] | |||
| Length | 74:47 | |||
| Label | American Clave | |||
| Producer | Kip Hanrahan | |||
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Tenderness is an album by Kip Hanrahan that was released in 1990.[2] It includes guest work by Sting, Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, and Giovanni Hidalgo.
Critical reception
The Boston Globe said the album "blurs the lines between jazz, rock and Latin music with a raw, sensual complexity through this mysterious 16-song cycle."[3]
The Philadelphia Inquirer listed Tenderness as one of its "10 best pop albums of 1990".[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "...Faith in the Pants, Not in the Prick... (Vallejo's Folk Song)" | 5:37 |
| 2. | "...When I Lose Myself in the Darkness and Pain of Love, No, This Love..." | 5:37 |
| 3. | "...She Turned So That Maybe a Third of Her Face Was in This Fuckin' Beautiful Half-Light..." | 4:31 |
| 4. | "...At the Same Time, As the Subway Train Was Pulling Out of the Station..." | 4:29 |
| 5. | "...I Told Him 'I Don't Have to Be Beaten to Be Understood'..." | 6:01 |
| 6. | "...Look, the Moon... (Diahnne's)" | 5:05 |
| 7. | "...Half of Sex Is Fear..." | 6:26 |
| 8. | "Gillian's Folk Song" | 3:47 |
| 9. | "History" | 5:15 |
| 10. | "...There Was Something About His Anger That Was So...Inaccessible to Me..." | 5:45 |
| 11. | "...If I Knew How to, If I Knew What Muscles to Relax..." | 3:13 |
| 12. | "...You're No Pimp, and I'm Certainly No Whore..." | 1:31 |
| 13. | "Deep Summer" | 4:13 |
| 14. | "...Look, the Moon... (Carmen's)" | 5:44 |
| 15. | "In Place of an Epilog: Lullabye for My Daughter" | 3:04 |
| 16. | "In Place of a Moral: Geography" | 5:05 |
Personnel
- Kip Hanrahan – voice, percussion
- Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros – trumpet
- Chico Freeman – tenor saxophone
- Don Pullen – piano
- Alfredo Triff – violin
- Leo Nocentelli – electric and acoustic guitars
- Sting – voice, bass guitar
- Fernando Saunders – voice, bass guitar
- Diahnne Abbott – voice
- Carmen Lundy – voice
- Lucy Penabaz – voice
- Robby Ameen – drums, traps
- Ignacio Berroa – drums, traps
- Andrew Cyrille – drums, traps
- Marvin Smith – drums, traps
- Cecilia Engelhardt – percussion
- Richie Flores – percussion, congas
- Giovanni Hidalgo – percussion, congas, quinto
- Andy González – double bass[5][6]
- Milton Cardona – percussion, congas[7][8]
References
- ^ Wynn, Ron. "Tenderness". AllMusic. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ "American Clave | Tenderness". www.americanclave.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ^ Robicheau, Paul (December 9, 1993). "CD Pick". The Boston Globe. p. 123. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ Moon, Tom (December 30, 1990). "10 Best Pop Albums Of 1990". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ "American Clave | Andy Gonzalez". www.americanclave.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ^ Milkowski, Bill (April 1, 2007). "Andy Gonzalez: Road to Recovery". JazzTimes. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ^ "American Clave | Milton Cardona". www.americanclave.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ^ "Latin Percussion: Milton Cardona". Wayback Machine. October 6, 2010. Archived from the original on October 6, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2018.