Kate & Anna McGarrigle (album)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle is the debut album by Kate & Anna McGarrigle, released in January 1976.:316:30–31 Guest musicians on the album include Lowell George, Bobby Keys, Jay Ungar, and Tony Levin as well as family and friends such as eldest sister Jane McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle's husband Dane Lanken, and the siblings' old friend Chaim Tannenbaum.

Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1976:316:30–31
RecordedLate 1974-1975:315
StudioA&R Studios, New York City; Sunwest Studios, Hollywood
GenreFolk
Length35:06
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerJoe Boyd, Greg Prestopino
Kate & Anna McGarrigle chronology
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
(1976)
Dancer with Bruised Knees
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
Christgau's Record GuideA
Rolling Stone(very favorable)

"Swimming Song" was written and originally performed by Kate's husband at the time, singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, who is also referenced (without being explicitly named) in the song "Go Leave".

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