''Crawl with Me'' is the debut solo studio album by

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, released July 5, 1988 on

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. The album had originally been recorded in demo form by

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and

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, but the studio release was produced by

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."Crawl with Me: Art Bergmann". ''

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'', July 14, 1988. The album received generally favourable reviews, although critics noted that Cale's production had toned down Bergmann's signature guitar sound in favour of a more keyboard-oriented production. At the

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, Bergmann was nominated for Most Promising Male Vocalist, and

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and

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were nominated for

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for Bergmann's "Our Little Secret". In 2009, Bergmann's bassist Ray Fulber remastered the original Rock and Hyde demos for release as the album ''

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''."The best album Art Bergmann never made". ''

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'', March 26, 2009.

Track listing

All songs written by Art Bergmann except where noted.

References

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