Stolen Moments (John Hiatt album)
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Stolen Moments was singer-songwriter
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 John Hiatt
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's tenth album, released in 1990. It was his highest charting solo album upon its release, peaking at #61. Joan Baez
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 later covered "Through Your Hands" on her 1992 album Play Me Backwards
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, and David Crosby
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 covered it on his 1993 record Thousand Roads
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. Earl Thomas Conley
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 had a minor country hit with "Bring Back Your Love to Me" in 1990 (it is unsure whether Conley's version pre-dated Hiatt's album release). The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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 covered "The Rest of the Dream" on a 1990 album of the same title.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Hiatt
  1. "Real Fine Love" – 4:21
  2. "Seven Little Indians" - 4:08
  3. "Child of the Wild Blue Yonder" – 4:26
  4. "Back of My Mind" – 4:04
  5. "Stolen Moments" – 4:12
  6. "Bring Back Your Love to Me" – 4:04
  7. "The Rest of the Dream" – 4:51
  8. "Thirty Years of Tears" – 4:08
  9. "Rock Back Billy" – 3:51
  10. "Listening to Old Voices" – 5:30
  11. "Through Your Hands" – 4:49
  12. "One Kiss" – 4:22

Personnel

  • John Hiatt - guitar
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    , piano, vocals
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  • Pat Donaldson
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     - bass guitar
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  • Ethan Johns
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     - drums
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    , guitar, mandolin, choir, chorus
  • Michael Henderson
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     - slide guitar
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    , rhythm guitar
  • Ashley Cleveland
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     - background vocals
  • Russ Taff
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    - background vocals
  • Robert Russell Bennett - choir, chorus
  • Karen Peris - vocals on "Through Your Hands"
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