| Hips and Makers | ||||
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| Released | January 24, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | April–October 1993 | |||
| Studio | Stable Sound, Portsmouth, Rhode Island | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, folk | |||
| Length | 50:21 | |||
| Label | 4AD, Sire | |||
| Producer | Lenny Kaye, Kristin Hersh | |||
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Hips and Makers is the debut solo album by Kristin Hersh, best known as the primary singer and songwriter of the band Throwing Muses. The album was released by 4AD in the UK on January 24, 1994, and by Sire Records in the US on February 1, 1994. In contrast to Hersh's rock-oriented work with Throwing Muses, the album is primarily acoustic, with Hersh usually playing unaccompanied. Other credited musicians include Jane Scarpantoni on cello and Michael Stipe of R.E.M., who sings backing vocals on the opening track, "Your Ghost". In addition to Hersh's own material, the album features a cover of the traditional song "The Cuckoo".
"It's personal, literally so", Hersh said, "full of skin and coffee, shoes and sweat and babies and sex and food and stores – just stupid stuff that's really a big deal."[1]
Hips and Makers peaked at number seven on the UK Albums Chart, the highest placing of any of Hersh's offerings on her own or with Throwing Muses. In the United States, the album peaked at number 197 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and also peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.