Soft Dangerous Shores

Soft Dangerous Shores
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 26, 2005
Recorded2005
GenreRock
Length41:07
LabelMessenger Records
ProducerMalcolm Burn
Chris Whitley chronology
War Crime Blues
(2004)
Soft Dangerous Shores
(2005)
Reiter In
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz[1]
Allmusic[2]
PopMatters8/10[3]
Slant Magazine[4]

Soft Dangerous Shores is the twelfth album by singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley. It is his tenth studio album.

Malcolm Burn produced, mixed, and played on the album. It was recorded by Burn in Kingston, New York.

He recorded the album in 2 weeks and "basically wrote a song a day".[5]

Track listing

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All tracks written by Chris Whitley.

  1. "Fireroad (for Two)" – 3:26
  2. "Soft Dangerous Shores" – 4:10
  3. "As Day is Long" – 3:30
  4. "Valley of the Innocents" – 3:28
  5. "City of Women" – 6:36
  6. "Times Square Machine (N.Y.C. February 1991)" – 0:54
  7. "Her Furious Angels" – 3:11
  8. "Last Million Miles" – 4:21
  9. "Medicine Wheel" – 4:33
  10. "End Game Holiday" – 4:22
  11. "Breath of Shadows" – 3:53
  12. [unnamed] – 0:18

Personnel

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Additional personnel

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  • Trixie Whitley – vocals (9)
  • Dan Whitley – guitar (1, 2)
  • Aaron Comess – drums (8)

References

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  1. ^ "Chris Whitley: Soft Dangerous Shores album review @ All About Jazz". July 28, 2005.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ "Chris Whitley: Soft Dangerous Shores, PopMatters". July 21, 2005.
  4. ^ "Review: Chris Whitley, Soft Dangerous Shores". Slant Magazine. July 27, 2005.
  5. ^ "'Soft Dangerous' Blues from Chris Whitley". NPR. August 11, 2005.