Cover (Tom Verlaine album)
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| Released | September 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
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| Genre | Post punk | |||
| Length | 32:39 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Tom Verlaine | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [2] |
| The New York Times | Favourable [3] |
| Record Mirror | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Cover is the fourth solo album by Tom Verlaine. It was released in 1984.
Track listing
[edit]All songs written and composed by Tom Verlaine; except "Five Miles of You" composed with Jimmy Ripp
- "Five Miles of You" (4:20)
- "Travelling" (5:00)
- "O Foolish Heart" (4:28)
- "Lindi-Lu" (3:40)
- "Let Go the Mansion" (3:08)
- "Dissolve/Reveal" (4:41)
- "Miss Emily" (4:41)
- "Rotation" (4:11)
- "Swim" (4:31)
Personnel
[edit]- Tom Verlaine - guitars, solos, vocals, synthesizer; drum machine on "O Foolish Heart", "Let Go the Mansion", "Dissolve/Reveal" and "Swim"
- Jimmy Ripp - guitars, bass on "Swim"
- Fred Smith - bass
- Bill Laswell - bass on "Miss Emily"
- Jay Dee Daugherty - drums on "Five Miles of You" and "Travelling"
- Allan Schwartzberg - drums on "Lindi-Lu", "Miss Emily" and "Rotation"
- Technical
- Ray Niznik, Michael Ewasko, Dave Jerden, Mario Salvati, Howard Gray, Steve Brown - engineers
- Jill Furmanovsky - photography
Charts
[edit]| Chart | Year | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| Swedish Albums Chart | 1984 | 35[6] |
Reception
[edit]NME ranked it number 18 among the "Albums of the Year" for 1984.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cleary, David. Cover at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
- ^ Pareles, John (1984-12-25). "Rock - Tom Verlaine - Review". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
- ^ Strike, Andy (September 8, 1984). "Tom Verlaine: Cover". Record Mirror. p. 18.
- ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Tom Verlaine". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 848–49. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Tom Verlaine - Cover". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
- ^ "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME. 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
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