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Traffic from Paradise - Wikipedia

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Released

14 September 1993

Recorded

1993

Studio

Conway Recording Studios, Oceanway Studios and Signet Sound Studios, Los Angeles, California

Length

44:45

Rickie Lee Jones

Pop Pop
(1991)

Traffic from Paradise
(1993)

Naked Songs
(1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Chicago Tribune	^[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	^[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	unfavorable^[5]
Los Angeles Times	^[6]
Orlando Sentinel	^[7]
Rolling Stone	^[8]

Traffic from Paradise is the seventh album by the musician Rickie Lee Jones, released in September 1993.

Track listing

All songs written by Rickie Lee Jones, except where noted.

Rickie Lee Jones – vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, keyboards, bowed dulcimer, arrangements, backing vocals
John Leftwich – musical director, bass, cello, acoustic guitar on "Tigers", backing vocals on "Stewart's Coat" and "Running from Mercy"
Sal Bernardi – acoustic guitar, backing vocals on "Stewart's Coat" and "Running from Mercy"
Leo Kottke – 6-string, 12-string, slide acoustic guitar, backing vocals on "Running from Mercy"
David Hidalgo – 8-string electric guitar, backing vocals on "Beat Angels"
Brian Setzer – electric guitar on "Rebel Rebel", backing vocals on "Beat Angels" and "Rebel Rebel"
Dean Parks – electric guitar on "Tigers"
David Baerwald – electric guitar on "Beat Angels", backing vocals on "The Albatross"
Jim Keltner – drums
Alex Acuña – drums, congas on "Tigers"
Brad Dutz – percussion, marimba, tarkas, bodhrán, udu, mixing bowls on "Rebel Rebel"
Efrain Toro – percussion on "Pink Flamingos" and "Stewart's Coat"
Bobby Bruce – violin
Douglas Lyons – French horn
Syd Straw – backing vocals on "Beat Angels" and "Rebel Rebel"
Lyle Lovett – backing vocals on "Running from Mercy"
Teresa Tudury – backing vocals on "Running from Mercy"

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Discography
Studio albums	Rickie Lee Jones (1979) Pirates (1981) The Magazine (1984) Flying Cowboys (1989) Pop Pop (1991) Traffic from Paradise (1993) Ghostyhead (1997) It's Like This (2000) The Evening of My Best Day (2003) The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard (2007) Balm in Gilead (2009) The Devil You Know (2012) The Other Side of Desire (2015) Kicks (2019) Pieces of Treasure (2023)
EPs	Girl at Her Volcano (1983)
Live albums	Naked Songs – Live and Acoustic (1995)
Singles	"Chuck E.'s in Love" (1979)
Video albums	Live in Stockholm (2011)

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