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{{Infobox album|
| name       = Birds of Prey
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[Hank Roberts]]
| cover      = Birds of Prey (Hank Roberts album).jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1990
| recorded   = January and February 1990
| venue      =
| studio     = Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg
| genre      = [[Jazz]]
| length     = 44:04
| label      = [[JMT Records|JMT]]<br><small>JMT 834 437</small>
| producer   = Stefan F. Winter
| chronology = [[Hank Roberts]]
| prev_title = [[Arcado (album)|Arcado]]
| prev_year  = 1989
| next_title = [[Behind the Myth]]
| next_year  = 1989
}}
'''''Birds of Prey''''' is the second album led by cellist [[Hank Roberts]] which was recorded in 1990 and released on the [[JMT Records|JMT]] label.<ref>[http://www.hankrobertsmusic.com/discography/ Hank Roberts discography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011220417/http://www.hankrobertsmusic.com/discography/ |date=October 11, 2014 }}, accessed November 14, 2014</ref><ref>Shimada, T., [http://www.kt.rim.or.jp/~tfj/jazz/JMT.html JMT label discography], accessed  November 14, 2014</ref>
==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev2 =[[Los Angeles Times]]
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=LATimes/>
}}
The [[AllMusic]] review by Michael G. Nastos says, "The music is progressive at times and too commercial at others. His best work lies ahead".<ref name="Allmusic">Nastos, M. G., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/hank-roberts-and-birds-of-prey-mw0000309386 Allmusic Review] accessed  November 14, 2014</ref> The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''' Don Snowden noted "This CD could easily be a mutant mess if not for female vocalist [[D.K. Dyson]], a shining beacon. Roberts doesn't hog the spotlight and his compositions ably negotiate juxtapositions which are often jarring but rarely forced".<ref name=LATimes>Snowden, D., [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-03-ca-11-story.html ''Los Angeles Times'' Review], March 3, 1991</ref>
==Track listing==
''All compositions by Hank Roberts''
# "Comin' Home" - 6:35
# "Pretty Boy Tom" - 7:44
# "Seven Generations" - 7:16
# "Angels and Mud" - 4:27
# "Scream" - 2:02
# "Touch" - 8:15
# "Hear Me" - 7:23
==Personnel==
*[[Hank Roberts]] - cello, vocals
*[[Mark Lampariello]] - guitar, vocals
*[[Jerome Harris]] - bass, vocals
*[[Vinnie Johnson (musician)|Vinnie Johnson]] - drums, vocals
*[[D.K. Dyson]] - vocals
== References ==
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[[Category:1990 albums]]
[[Category:Hank Roberts albums]]
[[Category:JMT Records albums]]
[[Category:Winter & Winter Records albums]]