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Released
  
June 1982 (1982-06)

Words from the Front(1982)
  
Cover(1984)

Release date
  
June 1982

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

Length
  
36:42

Artist
  
Tom Verlaine

Producer
  
Tom Verlaine

Genre
  
Post-punk

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Recorded
  
1982 (1982), Blue Rock Studio, New York City

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Dreamtime, Flash Light, Warm and Cool, The Wonder, Cover

Tom verliane words from the front


Words from the Front is Tom Verlaine's third solo album, released in 1982. 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.

Contents

Tom verlaine words from the front


Track listing

All songs written by Tom Verlaine.

Side one

  1. "Present Arrived" – 5:17
  2. "Postcard from Waterloo" – 3:32
  3. "True Story" – 5:25
  4. "Clear It Away" – 4:11

Side two

  1. "Words from the Front" – 6:42
  2. "Coming Apart" – 2:59
  3. "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

    • Reception

    Words from the Front was ranked among the top fifty "Albums of the Year" for 1982 by NME.

    Songs

    1Present Arrived5:20
    2Postcard From Waterloo3:33
    3True Story5:29

    References

    Words from the Front Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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