Pale Sun Crescent Moon is a 1993 album by Cowboy Junkies

Cowboy Junkies

Cowboy Junkies are a Canadian alternative country/blues/folk rock band. The group was formed in Toronto in 1985 by Margo Timmins , Michael Timmins , Peter Timmins and Alan Anton ....

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Canadian

Canada

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 guitarist Ken Myhr appears on every track on this album. It is generally viewed as the band's best 1990s work. As with all of the band's albums since 1988's The Trinity Session

The Trinity Session

The Trinity Session is a 1988 album by Cowboy Junkies, their second album.The music was recorded at Toronto, Ontario's Church of the Holy Trinity on , with the band circled around a single microphone...

, however, it was only a modest success outside of the band's native Canada

Canada

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It was the band's last album of new material for RCA Records

RCA Records

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, although a live album and a greatest hits compilation

Studio: Selected Studio Recordings 1986-1995

Studio: Selected Studio Recordings 1986–1995 is an album by the Canadian rock band Cowboy Junkies, released in 1996. It is a greatest hits compilation of singles from the band's albums on RCA Records, and their last official release for that label...

 were subsequently released on the label.

Track listing

All songs by Michael Timmins, except where noted.

1. "Crescent Moon" – 5:02
2. "First Recollection" – 4:16
3. "Ring on the Sill" – 4:22
4. "Anniversary Song" – 3:11
5. "White Sail" – 3:45
6. "Seven Years" – 4:54
7. "Pale Sun" – 3:39
8. "The Post" (J Mascis
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   ) – 4:40
9. "Cold Tea Blues" – 2:47
10. "Hard to Explain" (Ray Agee) – 4:37
11. "Hunted" – 4:03
12. "Floorboard Blues" – 2:04

Personnel

• Margo Timmins
  Margo Timmins
  Margo Timmins is the lead vocalist of the Canadian band Cowboy Junkies. She is the sister of Michael Timmins, the band's lead guitarist and Peter Timmins, the band's drummer...
  
   – vocals
• Michael Timmins – guitar
• Peter Timmins – drums
• Alan Anton – bass

Additional personnel

• Jeff Bird – harmonica, mandolin, 8-string bass, percussion
• Ken Myhr – lead guitar
• Richard Bell
  Richard Bell (Canadian musician)
  Richard Bell was a Canadian musician best known as the pianist for Janis Joplin and her Full Tilt Boogie Band. He was also a keyboardist with The Band during the 1990s.-Early life and career:...
  
  – piano, organ
• Robert Cobban - Recording and Mixing Engineer