''Casual Gods'' is the second album by American musician
Jerry Harrison
Jeremiah Griffin Harrison (born February 21, 1949) is an American songwriter, musician, producer, and entrepreneur. He began his professional music career as a member of the cult band the Modern Lovers before becoming keyboardist and guitarist ...
, released in 1988 by
Sire Records
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History Beginnings
The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer ...
in the U.S. and
Fontana Records
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History
Fontana started in the 1950s as a subs ...
in the UK and Europe. His third album, ''
Walk on Water'', would also bear the Casual Gods name as a proxy for the band.
The track "Man with a Gun" was featured in the 1988 film ''
Two Moon Junction
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'', and the instrumental version of the same song was used in the 1986
Jonathan Demme
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film ''
Something Wild''. The track "Cherokee Chief" first appeared on the 1987 Sire Records promotional sampler ''
Just Say Yes''. The single "Rev It Up" peaked at No. 7 on the U.S.
Mainstream Rock
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Format background
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chart. The album cover features a photograph of the
Serra Pelada
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gold mine by Brazilian photographer
Sebastião Salgado
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.
Track listing
All tracks were written by
Jerry Harrison
Jeremiah Griffin Harrison (born February 21, 1949) is an American songwriter, musician, producer, and entrepreneur. He began his professional music career as a member of the cult band the Modern Lovers before becoming keyboardist and guitarist ...
, except where indicated.
#"Rev It Up" (Jerry Harrison, John Sieger, Ernie Brooks) – 4:17
#"Song of Angels" – 3:35
#"Man with a Gun" – 4:35
#"Let It Come Down" – 4:52
#"Cherokee Chief" (Harrison, Brooks) – 4:30
#"A Perfect Lie" (Harrison,
Arthur Russell, Brooks) – 4:25
#"Are You Running?" (Harrison, Brooks, Monique Dayan) – 4:20
#"Breakdown in the Passing Lane" – 4:37
#"A.K.A. Love" (Harrison, Brooks) – 4:10
#"We're Always Talking" (Harrison, Brooks) – 4:40
#"Bobby" (Harrison, Brooks) – 4:03
#"Bobby" (Extended Mix) (Harrison, Brooks) – 6:58
*The extended mix of "Bobby" did not appear on the LP or cassette versions of the album, but was featured as the B-side of the "Rev It Up" 7-inch single. "Breakdown in the Passing Lane" was not on the original U.S. LP release.
Personnel
*
Jerry Harrison
Jeremiah Griffin Harrison (born February 21, 1949) is an American songwriter, musician, producer, and entrepreneur. He began his professional music career as a member of the cult band the Modern Lovers before becoming keyboardist and guitarist ...
– guitar, keyboards, vocals
Additional musicians
*
Alex Weir – guitars (tracks 1–10), bass guitar (tracks 2–3, 5, 8–10)
*
Chris Spedding
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– guitars (tracks 1, 5)
*
Robbie McIntosh
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– guitars (tracks 5–6)
*Rick Jaeger – drums (tracks 1, 5–12)
*
David Van Tieghem
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– drums (track 2), percussion (tracks 4–5)
*
Yogi Horton
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– drums (track 3)
*
Bernie Worrell
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– keyboards; bass synthesizer (track 6)
*Jim Liban – horns; harmonica (track 8)
*Dickie Landry – horns; saxophone (track 6)
*Arlene Holmes – background vocals (tracks 1, 2–4, 7)
*Lovelace Richmond – background vocals (tracks 2–4)
*
Arthur Russell – background vocals (track 6)
*Joyce Bowden – background vocals (track 6)
*Monique Dayan – background vocals (track 5)
*Ernie Brooks – background vocals (track 8)
Technical
*Jerry Harrison – producer
*Ernie Brooks – assistant producer
*
Sebastião Salgado
Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior (born February 8, 1944) is a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist.
He has traveled in over 120 countries for his photographic projects. Most of these have appeared in numerous press pu ...
– photography
*David Vartanian – engineer (tracks 1–8, 10–12), overdub engineer; mixing (track 11)
*Jay Mark – engineer (track 9), mixing (tracks 6, 8)
*David Avidor – overdub recording
*Robin Laine – overdub recording
*Eric "E.T." Thorngren – overdub recording; mixing (tracks 2–3, 5, 10)
*John "Tokes" Potoker – overdub recording; mixing (tracks 1, 4, 7, 9, 12); additional engineering (track 6)
*J.C. Convertino – overdub recording
*Don Peterkofsky – studio assistant
*Nick Delro – studio assistant
*Tony Masciarotte – studio assistant
*Mark Roule – studio assistant
*Fernando Kral – studio assistant
*Stan Katayama – studio assistant
*Tom Vercillo – studio assistant
*Bob Brackman – studio assistant
*Jack Skinner – mastering
*M&Co. – album art design
Charts
References
External links
Album review
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1988 albums
Sire Records albums
Jerry Harrison albums
Albums produced by Jerry Harrison
Fontana Records albums