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Buster's Spanish Rocketship

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Released
  
1997

Length
  
52:57

Release date
  
1997

Label
  
Island Records

Recorded
  
1995–1997

Artist
  
David Johansen

Producer
  
New York Dolls

Genre
  
Lounge rock

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Buster's Spanish Rocketship (1997)
  
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Similar
  
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Buster's Spanish Rocketship is the fourth and final album from Buster Poindexter, the alter ego of singer David Johansen. Following ...Rocketship, David Johansen returned to recording albums under his real name.

Contents

Like his previous two albums Buster Goes Berserk and Buster's Happy Hour, it features his backing band The Banshees of Blue, and also continued the "lounge rock" style of its predecessors in covering rhythm 'n' blues songs of the 1940s and 1950s. Although a promotion video was made for "Ondine", "Mean Spirited Sal" was the most popular track.

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Johansen.

  1. "Ondine" – 2:55
  2. "Nueva Broadway (They Don't Smoke)" – 4:18
  3. "Downtown Dream" – 4:10
  4. "Inez (Is Just a Big Rage Queen)" – 4:13
  5. "The Closer I Get to Heavan" – 4:15
  6. "My First Sin" – 4:28
  7. "Let's Take It Easy" – 3:43
  8. "Linda Lee" – 3:41
  9. "Iris Chacon" – 3:43
  10. "Skin & Bones" – 3:36
  11. "Mean Spirited Sal" – 4:17
  12. "Lay Down" – 3:42
  13. "Rhumba (Dance Fever)" – 5:56

Personnel

  • Buster Poindexter – vocals

    • The Banshees of Blue

  • Soozie Tyrell – vocals
  • Richard Barone – vocals
  • Brian Koonin – guitar, cuatro
  • Jack Bashkow – saxophone, piccolo
  • Kenny Fradley – trumpet
  • Byron Stripling – trumpet
  • Mark Pender – trumpet
  • Conrad Herwig – trombone
  • Jimmy Bosch – trombone
  • Randy Andos – bass trombone
  • Charlie Giordano – accordion, piano
  • Andy Gonzales – bass
  • Brian Hamm – bass
  • Tony Machine – drums
  • Fred Walcott – percussion
  • Ismael "Bongo" Bruno – percussion
  • Mike Jacobson – percussion

    • Songs

    1Ondine2:56
    2Nueva Broadway (They Don’t Smoke)4:19
    3Downtown Dream4:11

    References

    Buster's Spanish Rocketship Wikipedia
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