''Pop Crimes'' is a 2009 solo album by Australian musician

Rowland S. Howard Rowland Stuart Howard (24 October 1959 – 30 December 2009) was an Australian rock musician, guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with the post-punk group The Birthday Party and his subsequent solo career. Early life Rowland Stua ...

. The album was released on 16 October 2009, ten years after Howard's previous solo album '' Teenage Snuff Film'', and months before his death from liver cancer on 30 December.Rowland S Howard
''TimeOut Sydney'', October 2009. The album was released in the United States by

Fat Possum Records Fat Possum Records is an American independent record label based in Water Valley and Oxford, Mississippi. At first Fat Possum focused almost entirely on recording previously unknown Mississippi blues artists (typically from Oxford or Holly Sprin ...

in August 2014.New Release: Rowland S. Howard "Pop Crimes"
Fat Possum Records, 5 August 2014. Remastered versions of both Howard's solo albums were released by

Mute Records Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Einstürzende Neubauten, Fad Gadget, Goldfrapp, Grinderm ...

in Europe, Fat Possum in America and Bloodlines in Australia on 27 March 2020.Rowland S. Howard – Remastered reissues of Teenage Snuff Film and Pop Crimes
Mute Records.

Track listing

All songs composed by Rowland S. Howard; except where indicated

Personnel

*Rowland S. Howard – vocals and guitar *

Mick Harvey Michael John Harvey (born 29 August 1958) is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, composer, arranger and record producer. A multi-instrumentalist, he is best known for his long-term collaborations with Nick Cave, with whom he formed The ...

– drums and organ *J.P. Shilo – guitar, violin, "general strangeness" and bass guitar (except 1,5,8) with: *Brian Hooper – bass guitar (6,8) *

Sean Stewart Sean, also spelled Seán or Séan in Irish English, is a male given name of Irish origin. It comes from the Irish versions of the Biblical Hebrew name ''Yohanan'' (), Seán (anglicized as ''Shaun/Shawn/ Shon'') and Séan (Ulster variant; angliciz ...

– bass guitar (1) * Jonnine Standish – vocals (1) ;Technical *Ken Taylor - artwork, design *Karl Scullin - cover photography

References

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