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{{Infobox album
| name       = Murder, Misery and Then Goodnight
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Kristin Hersh]]
| cover      = Murder Misery and Then Goodnight.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = October 26, 1998
| recorded   = March–July 1998
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Folk music|Folk]]
| length     = 31:19
| label      = [[4AD]]
| producer   = Kristin Hersh, Billy O'Connell, Steve Rizzo
| prev_title = [[Strange Angels (Kristin Hersh album)|Strange Angels]]
| prev_year  = 1998
| next_title = [[Sky Motel]]
| next_year  = 1999
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1=[[AllMusic]]
|rev1score={{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/murder-misery-and-then-goodnight-mw0000045018|title=AllMusic Review|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Kellman|first=Andy|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref>
|rev2=''[[NME]]''
|rev2score={{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-314-349216|title=NME Review|website=[[NME]]|date=September 12, 2005|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref>
}}
'''''Murder, Misery and Then Goodnight''''' is [[Kristin Hersh]]'s third solo album and quite a departure from her other solo recordings, in that it contains solely Appalachian folk songs about murder and death arranged by Kristin Hersh, rather than songs written by Hersh herself. Hersh's son, Ryder James O'Connell, plays piano and sings backing vocals.
The album was produced by Kristin Hersh, co-produced by Steve Rizzo and Billy O'Connell, and engineered by Steve Rizzo.
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
|title1=[[Down in the Willow Garden]]
|writer1=[[Charlie Monroe]]
|length1=4:53
|title2=I Never Will Marry
|writer2=[[A. P. Carter]]
|length2=2:30
|title3=Sweet Roseanne
|length3=3:02
|title4=[[Poor Ellen Smith]]
|writer4={{hlist|Molly Davis|Lynn Davis}}
|length4=2:10
|title5=[[Pretty Polly (ballad)|Pretty Polly]]
|length5=2:05
|title6=Little Birdy
|length6=2:13
|title7=Mama’s Gonna Buy
|length7=2:19
|title8=Fly Around My Blue Eyed Girl
|length8=1:21
|title9=[[Banks of the Ohio]]
|length9=3:36
|title10=[[Four Nights Drunk|Three Nights Drunk]]
|length10=2:00
|title11=What’ll We Do With The Baby-o
|length11=2:19
|title12=[[All the Pretty Horses (lullaby)|Whole Heap Of Little Horses]]
|length12=2:48
}}
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014451/http://www.4ad.com/kristinhersh/releases/murder-misery-and-then-goodnight-0/ Murder, Misery and Then Goodnight album page at 4AD]
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[[Category:1998 albums]]
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[[Category:Appalachian music]]