Perishable Fruit Explained

Perishable Fruit
Type:	studio
Artist:	Patty Larkin
Cover:	PL_PerishableFruit.jpg
Released:	1997
Genre:	Folk
Label:	High Street Records^[1]
Producer:	Patty Larkin
Prev Title:	Strangers World
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	à gogo: Live on Tour
Next Year:	1999

Perishable Fruit is an album by the singer-songwriter Patty Larkin, released in 1997.^{[2] [3]} It was produced by Larkin, and recorded at her home studio on Cape Cod.^{[4] [5]}

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "the love songs were idealized at best and vague at worst, and the singer rarely seemed involved in any case."

Track listing

1. "The Road"
2. "The Book I'm Not Reading"
3. "Coming Up for Air"
4. "Angels Wings"
5. "You and Me"
6. "Pablo Neruda"
7. "Wolf at the Door"
8. "Brazil"
9. "Rear View Mirror"
10. "Heart"
11. "Red Accordion"

All songs were written by Patty Larkin.

Album personnel

• Patty Larkin - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, and various other guitars
• Jennifer Kimball - backing vocals
• Ben Wittman - lap steel percussion
• Richard Gates - fretless and fretted bass
• Marc Shulman - tiple, electric guitar, wolf electric
• Ben Wisch - backing vocals
• Jane Siberry - backing vocals
• Bette Warner - "song sculpting" and spoken word backing vocal
• Michael Manring - fretless and fretted bass, E-bow, and 10-string bass
• Gideon Freudmann - cello
• Alan Williams - Wolf-man
• Bruce Cockburn - backing vocals and acoustic guitar

Notes and References

1. Web site: Patty Larkin Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
2. Web site: Songwriting and the Guitar. January 6, 2000. Hal Leonard Corporation. Google Books.
3. Web site: Dream A Little Dream. https://web.archive.org/web/20220106164607/https://www.mtv.com/news/1122570/dream-a-little-dream/. dead. January 6, 2022. MTV News.
4. Web site: PATTY LARKIN 'PERISHABLE FRUIT' HIGH STREET . The Washington Post . 6 January 2022.
5. Evans Price . Deborah . Patty Larkin Delivers 'Perishable Fruit' . Billboard . Aug 16, 1997 . 109 . 33 . 11.