Words from the Front
1982 studio album by Tom Verlaine
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Words from the Front is Tom Verlaine's third solo album, released in 1982.[1] It was issued on compact disc in 2008 by Collectors' Choice Music. Music videos were made for "Words from the Front" and "Clear It Away", directed by Ed Steinberg.
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| Released | June 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Studio | Blue Rock, New York City | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 36:42 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Tom Verlaine | |||
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Critical reception
The Globe and Mail wrote that Verlaine's "shadowy, intense vignettes do cast a kind of spell, but there are few new developments here in the territory he has already mastered."[11] The Boston Phoenix said that Words from the Front "is probably Verlaine’s weakest album, but it holds up."[12]
Words from the Front was ranked among the top fifty "Albums of the Year" for 1982 by NME.[13]
Track listing
All songs written by Tom Verlaine
Side one
- "Present Arrived" – 5:17
- "Postcard from Waterloo" – 3:32
- "True Story" – 5:25
- "Clear It Away" – 4:11
Side two
- "Words from the Front" – 6:42
- "Coming Apart" – 2:59
- "Days on the Mountain" – 8:55
Personnel
- Tom Verlaine – guitars, vocals
- Thommy Price – drums
- Jimmy Ripp – guitars
- Joe Vasta – bass
- Additional personnel
- Fred Smith – bass on "Clear It Away"
- Jay Dee Daugherty – drums on "Clear It Away"
- Allan Schwartzberg – drums on "Days on the Mountain"
- Lene Lovich – saxophone on "Days on the Mountain", vocals on "Postcard from Waterloo"
- Technical
- Dave Jerden – mixing
- Michael Ewasko – engineer
- Rich Mahon – illustration
- Howard Rosenberg – photography