Ten Small Paces

Ten Small Paces is the third studio album by the American indie rock duo Ida, released in 1997 on Simple Machines Records.

Ten Small Paces
Studio album by Ida
Released	September 30, 1997
Genre	Indie rock, Indie folk, Baroque pop, Acoustic, Dream pop
Label	Simple Machines Records
Ida chronology
I Know About You (1996) Ten Small Paces (1997) Will You Find Me (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The A.V. Club	(favorable)
CMJ New Music Report	(favorable)
Trouser Press	(favorable)

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ida, except as noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hilot"	3:16
2.	"Les Étoiles Secrètes"	2:29
3.	"Fallen Arrow" (Karla Schickele)	3:39
4.	"The Weight"	3:13
5.	"Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" (Neil Young, from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere)	2:00
6.	"Blue Moon of Kentucky" (Bill Monroe)	1:07
7.	"Shoe-In" (Secret Stars)	3:17
8.	"Poor Dumb Bird" (Karla Schickele)	2:45
9.	"Golden Hours" (Brian Eno, from Another Green World)	4:32
10.	"Ashokan Reservoir"	1:11
11.	"Drunk Aviator"	2:09
12.	"Do You Remember"	3:24
13.	"Purely Coincidental"	2:59
14.	"Dream Date"	4:06
15.	"Capo"	3:03

Personnel

Ida

• Daniel Littleton – guitar, piano, vocals, dobro, violin, capo
• Elizabeth Mitchell – guitar, piano, vocals, bass
• Karla Schickele – bass, vocals, acoustic guitar
• Michael Littleton – drums, vocals, casio

Additional musicians

• Elaine Ahn – cello on "Hilot"
• Chris Rael – theremin on "Les Étoiles Secrètes"
• Steven Immerwahr – bass on "Blue Moon of Kentucky"
• Ida Pearle – violin on "Ashokan Reservoir" and "Drunk Aviator"

Technical personnel

• Rebecca Jane Gleason – front cover photograph
• Pat Graham – band photos
• Kristin Thomson – layout
• Charlie Pilzer – mastering