Captain Swing is a mixed genre album by American
folk singer-songwriter
Michelle Shocked. It was first released by
Mercury Records in 1989 and later reissued by Shocked's own label Mighty Sound in 2004. It was named after
Captain Swing, the pseudonymous rebel leader who penned threatening letters during the rural English
Swing riots of 1830.[3] The album was a cross-country inventory of swing musical styles—from Dixieland to Western, Big Band to BeBop.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Michelle Shocked; except where indicated
"God Is a Real Estate Developer" (Shocked, Matt Fox) – 3:13
"On the Greener Side" – 2:56
"Silent Ways" – 2:40
"Sleep Keeps Me Awake" – 2:44
"The Cement Lament" – 3:07
"(Don't You Mess Around with) My Little Sister" – 2:39