title: Courier (album)
text: # Courier (album)
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | Allmusic | |
  | FAME | (favorable) |
  | Fretplay | |
  | FolkWax | (8/10) |
  | Kevin McCarthy | (favorable) |
  | Lou's Reviews | (favorable) |
  | Music Matters | (favorable) |
  
  Courier is the first live recording and sixth album by Richard Shindell. It includes many of his most popular originals from previous recordings, a cover of Lowell George's classic song, "Willin'", and what has been described as a "near-holy reading" of Bruce Springsteen's "Fourth of July, Asbury Park".
  
  Signature Sounds also offered a limited number of bonus EP's titled The Sonora Sessions, which included an additional seven tracks.
  
  ## Courier
  
  ### Track listing
  
  All songs written by Richard Shindell, except where noted.
  
  * "The Courier" 4:51
  * "Memory of You" – 4:28
  * "Next Best Western" – 4:17
  * "Willin'" (Lowell George) – 3:15
  * "The Kenworth of My Dreams" – 4:05
  * "Nora" – 4:42
  * "Arrowhead" – 5:07
  * "Reunion Hill" – 4:24
  * "Fishing" – 4:33
  * "A Summer Wind, A Cotton Dress" – 4:04
  * "On a Sea of Fleur de Lis" – 4:47
  * "The Ballad of Mary Magdalen" – 5:11
  * "Are You Happy Now?" – 4:10
  * "Transit" – 7:32
  * "Fourth of July, Asbury Park" (Bruce Springsteen) – 6:35
  
  Recorded by Ben Wisch and Ron Schreier at the Emelin Theatre (Mamaroneck, NY) 3/16 and 17, 2001. Tracks 3 and 11 recorded at the Outpost in the Burbs (Montclair, NJ) on 2/2/01. Track 7 recorded at Bailey Building & Loan (Greenwich Village, NYC). Mixed by Ben Wisch.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Musicians:
  
  * Richard Shindell – guitar and vocals
  * Lucy Kaplansky – harmony vocals
  * Dennis McDermott – drums
  * John Putnam – electric guitar, tiple
  * Lincoln Schleifer – bass
  
  and on tracks 3 and 11:
  
  * Greg Anderson – bouzouki, guitar, cittern
  * Lisa Gutkin – violin
  * Radoslav Lorković – accordion
  
  on "Reunion Hill"
  
  * Larry Campbell – violin
  
  Other credits:
  
  * David Glasser – Mastering
  * Toby Goldberg – Project Coordinator
  * Ron Schreier – Engineer, Live Recording Coordination
  * Ben Wisch – Engineer, Mixing
  * Carol Young – Project Coordinator
  
  ## The Sonora Sessions
  
  ### Track listing
  
  * "Confession" – 5:00
  * "Abeulita" – 4:08
  * "You Stay Here" – 5:00
  * "Wisteria" – 5:23
  * "Johnny Star Intro" – 0:42
  * "Sonora's Death Row" (Kevin Blackie Farrell) – 4:19
  * "Sonora's Death Row II" – 3:15
  