Sweet Revenge (David Johansen album)
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Sweet Revenge is a 1984 album
released by David Johansen
and the only Johansen album to be released on the Passport Records label. Following Sweet Revenge, Johansen switched his music career into his alter-ego, Buster Poindexter. For the next fifteen years, Buster Poindexter would remain in the forefront of Johansen's music career.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
released by David Johansen
David Johansen
David Roger Johansen is an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, as well as a songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls and also achieved commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter.-Early life:Johansen was born in...
and the only Johansen album to be released on the Passport Records label. Following Sweet Revenge, Johansen switched his music career into his alter-ego, Buster Poindexter. For the next fifteen years, Buster Poindexter would remain in the forefront of Johansen's music career.
Track listing
All tracks composed by David Johansen and Joe d'Elia- "Heard The News"
- "Big Trouble"
- "I Ain't Workin' Anymore"
- "King Of Babylon"
- "Sweet Revenge"
- "Too Many Midnights"
- "In My Own Time"
- "The Stinkin' Rich"
- "N.Y. Doll"
Personnel
- David Johansen - vocals
- Patti ScialfaPatti ScialfaVivienne Patricia "Patti" Scialfa is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She is married to Bruce Springsteen and they have three children.- Early life :...
- background vocals - Dave Nelson - guitar, Roland synthesizer, background vocals
- Neil Jason - bass
- Joe DeliaJoe DeliaJoe Delia is an American composer associated with cinema and television. He is known for dark and atmospheric film scores and has composed scores for a wide range of film and television projects...
- keyboards, programming - Soozie Kirschner - background vocals
- Brett Cartwright - background vocals
- Dennis McDermott - drums
- Steve Thornton - percussion
- Jimmy RippJimmy RippJimmy Rip is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer, who is known for his work with Jerry Lee Lewis, Mick Jagger, Michael Monroe and the former Television band leader Tom Verlaine.Rip began playing guitar at the age of six....
- guitar - Artie Kaplan - saxophone
- Brett Cartwright - bass
- Rocky Savino, Jr. - harmonica
- Peter Laurence Gordon - saxophone
- Stephen Bray - drums
- Dennis McDermott - background vocals
- April Lang - background vocals
- Big Jay McNeely - saxophone