A Crash Course in Roses is the fifth studio album by Catie Curtis, released on .
The album contains numerous love songs, with "Magnolia Street", a song about the realization that one is in love, gaining some radio airplay. While the album did not make the Billboard Music Charts, it was her most successful at that stage.
In addition to the love songs which make up the majority of the album, A Crash Course in Roses also bears two other songs: "What's the Matter", a criticism of her hometown of Saco, Maine for rejecting her when she came out as a lesbian, and "Roses", the story of a soldier conscripted into World War I.
Numerous other singer-songwriters appear in supporting roles on the album, including Mary Chapin Carpenter and Melissa Ferrick.
Track listing Source: Official site, Last.fm
Personnel
Catie Curtis – Vocals, producer, Wurlitzer, acoustic guitar, piano Michael Maxwell – gut string guitar Hugh McCracken – harmonica Sammy Merendino – tambourine, drum programming Catherine Russell – gut string guitar Ben Wisch – producer, engineer, mixing, Wurlitzer Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – accordion, sound effects, bass Jim Ryan – gut string guitar, mandolin Mark Spencer – electric guitar, slide guitar, National steel guitar, acoustic guitar Kenny White – gut string guitar, organ, piano Akira Satake – banjo Todd Reynolds – violin Dawn Buckholz – cello, string arrangements Liz Marshall – gut string guitar Duke Levine – electric guitar, mandola, omnichord, e-bow, acoustic guitar Manolo Badrena – conga, percussion Paul Bryan – djembe, shaker, bass pedals, organ, bass, percussion Mary Chapin Carpenter – gut string guitar Billy Conway – drums, snare drums, percussion Melissa Ferrick – gut string guitar Jennifer Kimball – gut string guitar Jim Robeson – engineer Jana Leon – photography Steven Jurgensmeyer – design Bruce MacFarlane – assistant engineer Crit Harmon – engineer Kevin Pickering – assistant engineer Ted Jensen – mastering
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