''Your Bag'' is the second studio album by singer/songwriter

Lida Husik Lida Husik (born 1963) is an American Washington, D.C./ New York City-based musician, who was active mainly in the 1990s. She released three albums for New York–based label Shimmy Disc. She later signed a deal with Caroline Records/Astralwerks, ...

, released in 1992 by

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Production

Husik worked on the album with Jamie Harley and Kramer. Husik originally intended to record an EP, but was encouraged to lengthen the songs by Kramer.

Critical reception

The ''

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'' called the album "stark, acoustic existentialism accented by feedback guitars." ''

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'' deemed it an "obscure emof 1960s-inspired, punkily energetic, whispery songcraft." ''

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'' considered it to be "one of the most subtly psychedelic albums of the 1990s."

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from ''Your Bag'' liner notes. *

– lead vocals,

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;Musicians *Jamie Harley – drums,

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additional vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are used ...

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;Production and additional personnel * Kramer –

*Michael Macioce –

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Release history

References

External links

* {{Authority control Lida Husik albums 1992 albums Shimmy Disc albums Albums produced by Kramer (musician)