Courier (album)

Courier
Live album by
ReleasedFebruary 12, 2002
RecordedFebruary 2 and March 16–17, 2001
GenreFolk
LabelSignature Sounds
Richard Shindell chronology
Somewhere Near Paterson
(2000)
Courier
(2002)
Vuelta
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
FAME(favorable)[2]
Fretplay[3]
FolkWax(8/10)[4]
Kevin McCarthy(favorable)[5]
Lou's Reviews(favorable)[6]
Music Matters(favorable)[7]

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".[8]

Signature Sounds also offered a limited number of bonus EP's titled The Sonora Sessions, which included an additional seven tracks.

  1. ^ Courier at AllMusic
  2. ^ FAME review
  3. ^ Fretplay review
  4. ^ Wood, Arthur, "Courier recalls Shindell's earlier works", FolkWax, February 13, 2002 (link requires a free subscription)
  5. ^ Kevin McCarthy review Archived 2006-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Lou's Reviews
  7. ^ Music Matters review
  8. ^ Jeff Schwatcher, Review at the Allmusic (4.5/5)