Gentle Creatures is a 1995 album by the band Tarnation (Paula Frazer, Lincoln Allen, Michelle Cernuto and Matt Wendell Sullivan). It was released on 4AD.

Gentle Creatures
Studio album by
Released18 September 1995
Length53:57
LanguageEnglish
Label4AD
ProducerJoshua Heller, Warren Defever, Wally Sound, Tarnation[1]
Tarnation chronology
I’ll Give You Something to Cry About!
(1993)
Gentle Creatures
(1995)
Mirador
(1997)

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Paula Frazer, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Game of Broken Hearts" 3:01
2."Halfway to Madness" 4:39
3."The Well" 6:08
4."Big O Motel" 6:02
5."Tell Me It's Not So" 2:24
6."Two Wrongs Won't Make Things Right" 4:09
7."Lonely Lights" 2:03
8."Gentle Creatures" 1:25
9."Listen to the Wind" 3:46
10."The Hand" 2:42
11."Do You Fancy Me" 2:37
12."Yellow Birds" 3:49
13."Burn Again"Michelle Cernuto2:40
14."Stranger in the Mirror"Lincoln Allen3:58
15."It's Not Easy" 3:34
Bonus tracks on 1999 US CD reissue
No.TitleLength
16."Sweat and Blood"2:35
17."The Ring"4:28
18."Spankin' Potion #5"1:48
19."They Took You Away Once Again"3:02
20."Rancho Carne Humana"2:26

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [3]
Entertainment WeeklyA[4]
Spin7/10[5]
The Village VoiceC[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Gentle Creatures - Tarnation: Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Gentle Creatures - Tarnation". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The encyclopedia of popular music, Volume 7. Muze UK. p. 5299. ISBN 9780857125958.
  4. ^ Kelly, Christina (25 August 1995). "Gentle Creatures Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  5. ^ Fleissner, Jen (October 1995). "Tarnation: Gentle Creatures". Spin. p. 120. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  6. ^ Christgau, Robert (1995). "Turkey Shoot". The Village Voice. No. November 28. New York. Retrieved September 11, 2014.

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