Samiksha Jaiswal (Editor)

Are You Okay

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Released
  
1990 (1990)

Length
  
49:56

Are You Okay? (1990)
  
Boo! (2008)

Genre
  
Funk, Soul, Pop, Rock

Producer
  
David Was, Don Was

Label
  
Fontana (UK) - Licensed from Phonogram Chrysalis (USA)

Are You Okay? is the fourth album by art-funk ensemble Was (Not Was). It was released in 1990.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Was and Don Was; except where indicated.

  1. "Are You Okay?" – 4:28
  2. "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) – 6:41
  3. "I Feel Better Than James Brown" – 4:45
  4. "How the Heart Behaves" – 5:35
  5. "Maria Novarro" – 3:27
  6. "I Blew Up the United States" – 3:51
  7. "In K Mart Wardrobe" – 4:16
  8. "Elvis' Rolls Royce" – 3:29
  9. "Dressed to Be Killed" (Was, Was, G Love E)– 4:13
  10. "Just Another Couple Broken Hearts" – 4:55
  11. "You! You! You!" (Was, Was, Luis Resto) – 3:28
  12. "Look What's Back" – 0:43

Personnel

  • Don Was - bass, keys
  • David Was - flute, keyboards, vocals
  • Sweet Pea Atkinson - vocals
  • Sir Harry Bowens - vocals
  • Donald Ray Wilson - vocals
  • David McMurray - saxophone
  • Randy Jacobs - guitar
  • Jamie Muhoberac - keyboards
  • Debra Dobkin - percussion, vocals
  • Rayse Biggs - trumpet
  • Ron Pangborn - drums

    • Contributors

  • Leonard Cohen - lead vocal on "Elvis' Rolls Royce"
  • G Love E - rap on "Papa Was a Rolling Stone", "Are You Okay", "Dressed To Be Killed"
  • Syd Straw - lead vocal on "You! You! You!"
  • The Roches - vocals on "Maria Novarro"
  • Jeff Lorber - keyboard arranging, programming, & performance on "Are You Okay", "Just Another Couple Broken Hearts", "In K-Mart Wardrobe", "How The Heart Behaves", "I Feel Better Than James Brown"
  • Iggy Pop, Downtown Julie Brown, and Ewreck Benson - background vocals on "Elvis' Rolls Royce"
  • Doug Fieger - background vocals on "I Blew Up The United States", "Dressed To Be Killed"
  • Brad Buxer - additional keyboards on "How The Heart Behaves"
  • Luis Resto - keyboards on "You! You! You!"
  • Paul Riser - string and horn arrangements on "Just Another Couple Broken Hearts", "How The Heart Behaves", "Elvis' Rolls Royce"
  • Andy Gill - background vocals on "Dressed To Be Killed"
  • Jon Jaz-Was - saxophonic reticulation
  • Produced by Don Was and David Was
  • Executive Producer - David Bates
  • Mixed by Keith Cohen and Ed Cherney
  • Additional production on "How The Heart Behaves" - Keith Cohen

    • References

    Are You Okay? Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA