Hope Is a Thing with Feathers

Hope Is a Thing With Feathers is the fifth and final album by the alternative country band Trailer Bride. Its title bears a strong resemblance to the first line and title of a poem by Emily Dickinson, "Hope" is the thing with feathers.

Hope Is a Thing With Feathers
Studio album by
Trailer Bride
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2003
RecordedKudzu Ranch, Mebane, North Carolina
GenreAlternative country
Length42:35
LabelBloodshot Records
ProducerRick Miller, Trailer Bride
Trailer Bride chronology
High Seas
(2001)		 Hope Is a Thing With Feathers
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Reviews

Mojo Magazine (December 1, 2003): "3 stars out of 5 - [T]here's a mix of twisted folk rock, recalling a less skeletal Palace and early-Nick-Cave-in-a-cowboy-hat rock."

Track listing

All songs written by Melissa Swingle except noted.

  1. "Silk Hope Road" - 3:03
  2. "Hope is a Thing with Feathers" (Emily Dickinson, Daryl White) - 3:15
  3. "Skinny White Girl" - 4:47
  4. "Mach 1" (Melissa Swingle, Daryl White) - 2:18
  5. "Destiny" - 3:59
  6. "Lightning" - 3:37
  7. "Vagabond Motel" - 5:07
  8. "Quickstep" - 3:11
  9. "Shiloh" - 3:46
  10. "Drive with the Wind" - 2:45
  11. "Waking Dream" - 3:13
  12. "Mockingbird" - 3:34

Personnel
  • Tim Barnes - guitar
  • John Bowman - drums, tambourine
  • Melissa Swingle - vocals, accordion, guitar, harmonica, organ, piano, saw
  • Daryl White - bass, bow

ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL

  • Mary Huff - harmony vocals
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