''Rumble Doll'' is the debut full-length album from singer-songwriter

Patti Scialfa Vivienne Patricia Scialfa ( ; born July 29, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Scialfa has been a member of the E Street Band since 1984 and has been married to Bruce Springsteen since 1991. In 2014, Scialfa was inducted into ...

. It features twelve tracks, eleven by Scialfa and one co-written with Mike Campbell. It also features a number of guest stars in production and playing roles, namely Mike Campbell and Bruce Springsteen, as well as;

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Jeff Porcaro Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (; April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work with the rock band Toto but is one of the most recorded session musicians in history, working o ...

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Benmont Tench Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III (born September 7, 1953) is an American musician and singer, and a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Early years Tench was born in Gainesville, Florida, the second child of Benjamin ...

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's Tim Griggs gave the record 3 of 5 stars, and called it "a slow seduction". He called the title track "a gem", and praised the production, which he called "low-key compared to 60's girl singers produced by

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Track listing

Production

*Produced By Mike Campbell & Bruce Springsteen *Engineers: Mike Campbell, Rob Jaczko, Dennis Kirk, Mark Linett *Assistant Engineers: Martin Brumbach, Greg Goldman, Brandon Harris, David Knight, Tom Nellen, Mike Piersante, Richard Plank,

Chuck Plotkin Charles Richard Plotkin (born September 8, 1942) is a recording engineer and producer, best known for his work with Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. Recording engineer Plotkin has recorded, engineered, mastered and produced albums by Bruce Spri ...

, Brian Soucy, Gabriel Sutter, Randy Wine *Mixing:

Bob Clearmountain Bob Clearmountain (born January 15, 1953) is an American recording engineer, mixer and record producer. He has worked with many major acts, including Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, Toto (band), Toto, Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams, with whom he ...

*Mastering: Stephen Marcussen

Personnel

*Bass: Mike Campbell (tracks 3–5, 7–10) *Drums:

Zachary Alford Zachary "Zack" Alford is a professional drummer, known for his work with the B-52's, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie and Tomoyasu Hotei. Alford was brought in by Danny Kortchmar to drum on Billy Joel's ''River of Dreams'' album. Alford contrib ...

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Russ Kunkel Russell Kunkel (born September 27, 1948) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician with many popular artists, including Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Buffett, Harry Chapin, Rita Coolidge, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Dan F ...

(track 7),

Gary Mallaber Gary Mallaber (born October 11, 1946 in Buffalo) is a Los Angeles session drummer, percussionist and singer. He attended Lafayette High School, where he and Bobby Militello, along with other musicians, were mentored by saxophonist Sam Scam ...

(tracks 1, 4, 6, 9, 12),

(tracks 2, 11) *Drum Programming: Mike Campbell (track 3),

(track 3) *Guitars: Mike Campbell (tracks 1–12),

(track 4),

Tim Pierce Tim Pierce (born 1959 in Albuquerque) is an American session guitarist. He has worked for artists such as Joe Cocker, Crowded House, Goo Goo Dolls, Michael Jackson, Beth Hart, Roger Waters, Alice Cooper, Johnny Hallyday, Phil Collins, and the ...

(track 11), Bruce Springsteen (tracks 6, 11) *Keyboards:

Roy Bittan Roy J. Bittan (born July 2, 1949) is an American musician best known as a long-time member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. Nicknamed "The Professor", Bittan joined the E Street Band in 1974. He plays the piano, organ, accordion and synthe ...

(tracks 4, 7, 12),

(tracks 1–4, 9–10, 12), Bruce Springsteen (tracks 6, 11),

(tracks 5, 7) *Bass keyboard: Cliff Carter (track 2) *Percussion:

(track 5),

(track 8),

Bobbye Hall Bobbye Jean Hall is an American percussionist who has recorded with a variety of rock, soul, blues and jazz artists, and has appeared on 20 songs that reached the top ten in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Early career, work for Motown and move to ...

(tracks 1, 6, 12), Rob Jaczko (track 7),

(track 10),

(tracks 3–4, 9),

(tracks 2, 11) *Violin: Soozie Tyrell (track 1) *Vocals, lead:

(tracks 1–12) *Vocals, backing: Lisa Lowell (tracks 1, 3),

(tracks 1, 3), Soozie Tyrell (tracks 1, 3)

References

*Patti Scialfa, "Rumble Doll" CD Liner Notes; 1993, Columbia Records {{DEFAULTSORT:Rumble Doll (Album) 1993 debut albums Columbia Records albums Patti Scialfa albums