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Reflections in a Mud Puddle

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Reflections in a Mud Puddle
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1971
GenreSinger-songwriter
LabelUnited Artists
ProducerNik Venet
Dory Previn chronology
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(1971)
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(1972)
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Reflections in a Mud Puddle was the third solo LP by Dory Previn, released in late 1971. The second side of the original LP was entitled Taps Tremors And Time Steps (One Last Dance for My Father), and was a continuous suite of songs reflecting on her childhood experiences with a mentally ill father and its impact on her adult relationships.

Track listing

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Words and music by Dory Previn, fish horns arranged by Dan Morehouse, and strings and horns arranged by Perry Botkin, Jr.

Reflections in a Mud Puddle

  1. "Doppelganger"
  2. "The New Enzyme Detergent Demise of Ali MacGraw"
  3. "The Talkative Woman and the Two Star General"
  4. "The Altruist and the Needy Case"
  5. "Play It Again, Sam"

Taps Tremors and Time Steps (One Last Dance for My Father)

  1. "The Earthquake in Los Angeles (February, 1971)"
  2. "The Final Flight of the Hindenburg (May, 1937)"
  3. "I Dance and Dance and Smile and Smile"
  4. "The Air Crash in New Jersey"
  5. "Aftershock"

Personnel

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Musicians
Production
  • Nikolas Venet – producer
  • Buck Herring – sound engineering
  • Norman Seeff – photography and art direction
  • Robert Harvey – cover painting
  • Roger E. Farris – copyist
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