Hunkpapa (album)

This article is about Hunkpapa, a 1989 album by Throwing Muses. For the Hunkpapa branch of the Lakota Native American tribe, see Hunkpapa.

Hunkpapa
Studio album by Throwing Muses
Released	23 January 1989
Recorded	Fort Apache Studios, Cambridge, MA
Genre	Alternative
Length	42:35
Label	4AD/Sire Records
Producer	Gary Smith
Throwing Muses chronology
House Tornado (1988)House Tornado1988 Hunkpapa (1989) The Real Ramona (1991)The Real Ramona1991
Singles from Hunkpapa
"Dizzy" Released: 13 February 1989

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Hunkpapa is a 1989 album by Throwing Muses. Produced by Gary Smith and engineered by Steve Haigler, it was recorded at Fort Apache Studios in Cambridge, Massachusetts and mixed at Carriage House Studios in Stamford, Connecticut. Assistant engineers were Matt Lane and Phil Magnotti. It was mastered at Sterling Sound by Greg Calbi.

Track listing

All songs were written by Kristin Hersh, except "Dragonhead" and "Angel," by Tanya Donelly.

1. "Devil's Roof" – 3:39
2. "Bea" – 4:18
3. "Dizzy" – 3:41
4. "No Parachutes" – 3:17
5. "Dragonhead" – 4:04
6. "Say Goodbye" – 0:37
7. "Fall Down" – 3:40
8. "I'm Alive" – 2:49
9. "Angel" – 3:24
10. "Mania" – 3:02
11. "The Burrow" – 1:20
12. "Take" – 4:57
13. "Santa Claus" – 3:47 (bonus track on CD release only; originally released on the Winter Warnerland promo compilation, December 1988)

Personnel

Throwing Muses

• Kristin Hersh - guitars, vocals, piano
• Tanya Donelly - guitars, vocals
• Leslie Langston - bass, vocals
• David Narcizo - drums, percussion, vocals

Additional Musicians

• Bernie Worrell - keyboards
• Russ Gershon - tenor saxophone
• Tom Halter - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Russell Jewell - trombone
• Guy Yarden - violin