You Know Who You Are (Nick Gilder Album)
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''You Know Who You Are'' is the first solo album by
Nick Gilder Nicholas George Gilder (born 21 December 1951) is a British-Canadian musician who first came to prominence as the frontman for the glam rock band Sweeney Todd. He later had a successful solo career as a singer/songwriter. Biography Born in Lon ...
, released in 1977 on
Chrysalis Records Chrysalis Records () is a British record label that was founded in 1968. The name is both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders' names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis. It started as the Ellis-Wright Ag ...
. The track "Roxy Roller" was originally recorded by Gilder's band
Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the penny dreadful serial ''The String of Pearls'' (1846–47). The original tale became a feature of 19th-century melodrama and London urban legend, legend. A barber fr ...
in 1975.


Track listing

All songs were written by Nick Gilder and James McCulloch. Side one # "All Across the Nation (The Wheels Are Rolling)" – 4:08 # "Backstreet Noise" – 3:03 # "Rated ‘X’" – 3:06 # "Poor Boy" – 3:00 # "Genevieve" – 3:23 Side two # "Runaways in the Night" – 3:08 # "Roxy Roller" – 3:09 ♦ # "Amanda Greer" – 3:19 # "Tantalize" – 4:08 # "Fond Farewell" – 3:11 ♦ Included only in the US release. The album's third track (“Rated ‘X’”), was recorded by
Pat Benatar Patricia Mae Giraldo (''née'' Andrzejewski, formerly Benatar; born January 10, 1953), known professionally as Pat Benatar, is an American rock singer and songwriter. In the United States, she has had two multi-platinum albums, five platinum alb ...
for her 1979 debut album '' In the Heat of the Night''.


Personnel

*Nick Gilder - vocals *James McCulloch - guitar *Eric Nelson - bass *Chet McCracken - drums, percussion *Steve Halter - keyboards, synthesizer with: *
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- keyboards, synthesizer on "Poor Boy", "Amanda Greer" and "Fond Farewell" *
Don Ellis Donald Johnson Ellis (July 25, 1934 – December 17, 1978) was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer, and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of time signatures. Later in his lif ...
- trumpet on "All Across the Nation (The Wheels Are Rolling)"; trombone on "Amanda Greer" *Nick DeCaro - string arrangement on "Tantalize"


References

Nick Gilder albums 1977 debut albums Chrysalis Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub