Cover (Tom Verlaine album)
1984 studio album by Tom Verlaine
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Cover is the fourth solo album by Tom Verlaine. It was released in 1984.
ReleasedSeptember 1984
Recorded1984
Studios
- Blue Rock, New York City
- Eldorado, Los Angeles
- Sorcerer Sound, New York City
- Bearsville, Woodstock
- Townhouse, London
- Roundhouse, London
GenrePost punk
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| Released | September 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
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| Genre | Post punk | |||
| Length | 32:39 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Tom Verlaine | |||
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Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [2] |
| The New York Times | Favourable[3] |
| Record Mirror | [4] |
| (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
NME ranked the album number 18 among the "Albums of the Year" for 1984.[6]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Tom Verlaine, except "Five Miles of You", composed with Jimmy Ripp
- "Five Miles of You" (4:20)
- "Travelling" (5:00)
- "O Foolish Heart" (4:28)
- "Lindi-Lu" (3:40)
- "Let Go the Mansion" (3:08)
- "Dissolve/Reveal" (4:41)
- "Miss Emily" (4:41)
- "Rotation" (4:11)
- "Swim" (4:31)
Personnel
- Tom Verlaine - guitars, solos, vocals, synthesizer; drum machine on "O Foolish Heart", "Let Go the Mansion", "Dissolve/Reveal" and "Swim"
- Jimmy Ripp - guitars, bass on "Swim"
- Fred Smith - bass
- Bill Laswell - bass on "Miss Emily"
- Jay Dee Daugherty - drums on "Five Miles of You" and "Travelling"
- Allan Schwartzberg - drums on "Lindi-Lu", "Miss Emily" and "Rotation"
- Technical
- Ray Niznik, Michael Ewasko, Dave Jerden, Mario Salvati, Howard Gray, Steve Brown - engineers
- Jill Furmanovsky - photography
Charts
| Chart | Year | Peak position |
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| Swedish Albums Chart | 1984 | 35[7] |
