Trancas (album) explained

Trancas
Type:studio
Artist:John Stewart
Cover:Trancas (album cover).jpg
Released:June 1984
Recorded:Shangri-La Studios, Malibu, California
Genre:Folk
Length:33:18 (LP)
41:04 (CD)
Label:Affordable Dreams
Producer:John Stewart
Prev Title:Revenge of the Budgie
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:Centennial
Next Year:1984

Trancas is a studio album by the folk artist John Stewart, former member of The Kingston Trio. It was released in 1984 on Affordable Dreams. This album is produced by Stewart and he also plays all the instruments except for a set of electronic Oberheim DMX drums.[1] The album was reissued on CD in 1988 with two extra tracks recorded in April 1988.

Track listing

All compositions by John Stewart, except where indicated.[2]

  1. "It Ain't the Gold" – 2:57
  2. "Reasons to Rise" – 3:29
  3. "Pilots in Blue" – 3:16
  4. "Chasing Down the Rain" – 3:12
  5. "'Til the Lights Come Home" – 2:46
  1. "Bringing Down the Moon" – 3:03
  2. "All the Lights" – 3:26
  3. "Rocky Top" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:32
  4. "The American Way" – 4:08
  5. "The Chosen" – 3:37

CD Bonus Tracks

  1. "Heart of a Kid" – 3:25
  2. "Irresistible Targets"– 4:18

Personnel

Additional personnel

Notes and References

  1. Benjamin Blake, Jack Rubeck and Allan Shaw, The Kingston Trio on Record, pp. 240-241, 1986,
  2. Liner notes: Trancas.