Blue Is the Colour of Hope

by Maura O'Connell

Overview

This charmingly eclectic album may be O'Connell's best. Working with producer Jerry Douglas, O'Connell finds sympathetic accompaniment on all these songs, whether its the piano and arco bass on the gently painful "So Soft Your Goodbye," the small-combo swing on "Love to Learn," or the full-band acoustic pop on "Still Hurts Sometimes." Though O'Connell records songs by Nashville stalwarts like Pat McLaughlin and Tom Kimmel, her ear for a wider range of material makes Blue Is the Color of Hope such a joy. "Bad News at the Best of Times," by rockers Paul Carrack and John Wesley Harding, is a real find, and O'Connell's cover of Mary-Chapin Carpenter's "It Don't Bring You" is simply gorgeous. ~ Brian Mansfield

Product Details

Release Date:	10/27/1992
Label:	Warner Bros.
UPC:	0093624506324
Rank:	152035

Tracks

1. Still Hurts Sometimes
2. The Blue Train
3. To Be the One
4. It Don't Bring You
5. I Would Be Stronger Than That
6. So Soft, Your Goodbye
7. Love to Learn
8. First You Cry
9. Bad News (At the Best of Times)
10. Sunnyshine Day

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Maura O'Connell   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
Webb Wilder   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Alison Krauss   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Mary Chapin Carpenter   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Rosanne Cash   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Arty McGlynn   Guitar
Mark Casstevens   Guitar
Tom Roady   Percussion
Jonell Mosser   Vocals (Background)
Sam Bush   Mandolin
Jerry Douglas   Dobro,Guitar (Steel)
Glenn Worf   Bass
Harry Stinson   Drums
Dave Francis   Vocals (Background)
Kenny Greenberg   Guitar (Electric)
Edgar Meyer   Bass
Russ Barenberg   Guitar
Pete Wasner   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Mary Chapin Carpenter   Composer
Noel Brazil   Composer
Tom Kimmel   Composer
Buddy Flett   Composer
Paul Brady   Composer
Pat McLaughlin   Composer
John Wesley Harding   Composer
Wally Wilson   Composer
Jennifer Kimball   Composer
Jerry Douglas   Producer
David Egan   Composer
Henry Hipkens   Composer
Gary Burr   Composer
Paul Carrack   Composer
Kenny Greenberg   Composer
Randy Goodrum   Composer
Jim Ball   Engineer