Slow the Rain explained

Slow the Rain
Type:Studio Album
Artist:Ingrid Michaelson
Cover:Slow_the_Rain_album_cover.jpg
Released:January 10, 2005[1]
Recorded:2004
Genre:Pop
Length:34:43
Label:Cabin 24 Records (Ingrid Michaelson, self-published, self-funded)
Prev Title:Porcelain Fists EP
Prev Year:2003-2004
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Next Year:2006

Slow the Rain is the debut studio album and only independent album recorded by American pop singer Ingrid Michaelson. It was self-released on January 10, 2005.[2]

Background

Michaelson recorded the album while still living on Staten Island and mainly busking on lower Manhattan and on platforms of her favorite New York Transit Authority rapid transit stations (NYC's subway).

Michaelson could not find a label to sponsor her album, as she was in 2005 one of the myriad unknowns aspiring to a career in folk music in New York City and playing for hire, on subway platforms and doing an occasional open mic or gig if she could get one. She paid for the recording, mixing and physical manufacturing of the disk.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ingrid Michaelson, except where noted.

  1. "Let Go" – 3:26
  2. "Around You" – 4:05
  3. "Charlie" – 3:39
  4. "Porcelain Fists" – 3:48
  5. "Morning Lullabies" – 4:15
  6. "Empty Bottle" – 3:59
  7. "Mosquito" – 3:51
  8. "A Bird's Song" – 3:24
  9. "I'll See You in My Dreams" – 4:16 (Isham Jones/Gus Kahn)

Personnel

Aftermath

Michaelson has said that she dislikes her debut album, saying "I really really hate it!" in 2014. However, she acknowledged that her distaste "hurts people's feelings."[4]

References

  1. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GBE3SS Amazon.com: Slow the Rain: Music: Ingrid Michaelson
  2. Web site: Ingrid Michaelson: Acoustic Fall Tour. Whitaker Center For the Science and Arts; Sunoco Performance Theater. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 2013-10-01. 2014-09-12. 2014-09-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20140913011249/http://www.whitakercenter.org/ingrid_michaelson. dead.
  3. Web site: Ingrid Michaelson > Slow the Rain > Credits. Allmusic. 2014-09-12.
  4. https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/23oltd/im_ingrid_michaelson_a_singer_dancer_actorok_fine/cgz5n2t/ Ingrid Michaelson for Reddit AMA