Soft Dangerous Shores Explained

Soft Dangerous Shores
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Chris Whitley
Cover:	Whitley softdangerousshores.jpg
Released:	July 26, 2005
Recorded:	2005
Genre:	Rock
Length:	41:07
Label:	Messenger Records
Producer:	Malcolm Burn
Prev Title:	War Crime Blues
Prev Year:	2004
Next Title:	Reiter In
Next Year:	2006

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".^[1]

Track listing

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

• Chris Whitley – vocals, guitars, and banjo
• Heiko Schramm – bass guitars
• Matthias Macht – drums and percussion
• Malcolm Burn – keyboards, programming, and processing

Additional personnel

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: August 11, 2005 . 'Soft Dangerous' Blues from Chris Whitley . NPR.