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Gentle Creatures

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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)

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.

Track listing

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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

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

References

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  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. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. 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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