Stolen Moments (Alison Brown album)

Reception

In his Allmusic review, music critic James Christopher Monger praised the album and wrote "...the most alluring piece appears at the end of Stolen Moments; the self-penned mandolin, conga, and banjo-driven "Musette for a Palindrome" is so unlike anything else on the record that one can only hope that it's merely a teaser for the next. More like this please."

Writing for No Depression, Robert L. Doerschuk inevitably compared Brown to Béla Fleck, summarizing the album as "one more step toward enlightenment, so that even the dimmest bulbs can understand why Brown’s similarities to Fleck — mainly, jaw-dropping virtuosity — are ultimately beside the point..." and referred to Brown's aesthetic: "simple, eloquent, and fully original."

Track listing

All compositions by Alison Brown unless otherwise noted

1. "The Sound of Summer Running" – 4:21
2. "The Magnificent Seven" (Brown, Doyle) – 3:53
3. "Homeward Bound" (Paul Simon) – 4:04
4. "The Pirate Queen" – 4:29
5. "Carrowkeel" – 3:59
6. "Angel" (Jimi Hendrix) main vocals by Beth Nielsen Chapman – 4:35
7. "McIntyre Heads South" (Brown, West) – 4:00
8. "One Morning in May" (Keith, Rooney) – 4:34
9. "(I'm Naked and I'm) Going to Glasgow" – 6:48
10. "Prayer Wheel" (Hewerdine) – 4:40
11. "Musette for a Palindrome" – 5:12

Personnel