Perishable Fruit is singer-songwriter Patty Larkin

Patty Larkin

Patty Larkin is a Boston-based singer-songwriter. redefines the boundaries of folk-urban pop music with her inventive guitar wizardry and uncompromising vocals and lyrics...

's seventh album. Produced by Ben Wisch in 1997 and distributed by High Street Records

High Street Records

High Street Records was a subsidiary label of Windham Hill Records from about 1990 to 1997. Notable acts who recorded for the label include John Gorka, Pierce Pettis, Patty Larkin, The Subdudes, and Dots Will Echo...

, it contained the following songs:

Track listing

1. "The Road"
2. "The Book I'm Not Reading"
3. "Coming Up for Air"
4. "Angels Wings"
5. "You and Me"
6. "Pablo Neruda"
7. "Wolf at the Door"
8. "Brazil"
9. "Rear View Mirror"
10. "Heart"
11. "Red Accordion"

All songs were written by Patty Larkin.

Album personnel

• Patty Larkin - vocals, acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  , electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  , mandolin
  Mandolin
  A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
  
  , bouzouki
  Bouzouki
  The bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but...
  
  , and various other guitars
• Jennifer Kimball
  Jennifer Kimball
  Jennifer Kimball is a vocalist and songwriter who is notable for being part of the acclaimed folk duo The Story. She is a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter and has released two albums Veering from the Wave and Oh Hear Us....
  
   - backing vocals
• Ben Wittman - lap steel percussion
• Richard Gates - fretless and fretted bass
• Marc Shulman - tiple
  Tiple
  Tiple is the Spanish word for treble or soprano, is often applied to specific instruments, generally to refer to a small chordophone of the guitar family. A tiple player is called a tiplista.-Colombian tiple:...
  
  , electric guitar, wolf electric
• Ben Wisch - backing vocals
• Jane Siberry
  Issa (singer)
  Jane Siberry , born October 12, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, known for such hits as "Mimi on the Beach", "I Muse Aloud", "One More Colour" and "Calling All Angels"...
  
   - backing vocals
• Bette Warner - "song sculpting" and spoken word backing vocal
• Michael Manring
  Michael Manring
  Michael Manring is an American electric bassist from the San Francisco Bay Area, .-Biography:...
  
   - fretless and fretted bass, E-bow, and 10-string bass
• Gideon Freudmann
  Gideon Freudmann
  Gideon Freudmann, described as a "cross-genre cellist," coined the term cellobop to describe his music. His live performances feature improvisation and the use of loop-delay effects.-Discography:*Fellini's Martini *Cellobotomy...
  
   - cello
  Cello
  The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
  
  
• Alan Williams - Wolf-man
• Bruce Cockburn
  Bruce Cockburn
  Bruce Douglas Cockburn OC is a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. His most recent album was released in March 2011. He has written songs in styles ranging from folk to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll.-Biography:...
  
  - backing vocals and acoustic guitar

Reviews

Reviewer George Graham said of the album: "Patty Larkin's new seventh album Perishable Fruit combines great songs with first-rate musicianship and creative production to make it one of the finest in her career."