- So Alone
Infobox Album | Name = So Alone
Type =Album
Artist =Johnny Thunders
Released = 1978
Recorded = 1978
Genre = Punk
Length = 46:32
Label = Real Records (UK)Sire Records (US)
Producer =Johnny Thunders
Steve Lillywhite Joe McEwen (CD reissue)Ira Robbins (CD reissue)
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1v8n1v7jzzma link]
Last album = "L.A.M.F. "
(w/The Heartbreakers )
(1977)
This album = "So Alone"
(1978)
Next album = "Live at Max's Kansas City"
(w/ The Heartbreakers)
(1979)"So Alone" is a 1978 album by
Johnny Thunders , then leader ofThe Heartbreakers and formerly lead guitarist for theNew York Dolls .After recording
L.A.M.F. with the Heartbreakers, Thunders returned to the studio and recorded his first true solo album, "So Alone". The album featured Heartbreakers Walter Lure and Billy Rath, as well as several well-known guest musicians, includingChrissie Hynde ,Phil Lynott ,Steve Marriott ,Peter Perrett , Steve Jones andPaul Cook . The album contained a mix of originals, standards from Heartbreakers live shows and covers, includingthe Chantays ' surf classic "Pipeline",the Shangri-Las ' " [Give Him a] Great Big Kiss",Otis Blackwell 's "Daddy Rollin' Stone", done as a duet with Lynott, and theNew York Dolls ' "Subway Train".Trouser Press called the album "Thunders at his best." [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=johnny_thunders]Track listing
All tracks written by Johnny Thunders, except where indicated
ide one
# "Pipeline" (Bob Spickard, Brian Carman)
# "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory " (listed as "You Can't Put Your Arms Round a Memory")
# "Great Big Kiss" (Catside, Parsons)
# "Ask Me No Questions"
# "Leave Me Alone"ide two
# "Daddy Rollin' Stone" (
Otis Blackwell )
# "London Boys" (Billy Rath, Walter Lure, Thunders)
# "(She's So) Untouchable"
# "Subway Train" (Thunders,David Johansen )
# "Downtown" (Thunders, Johansen)CD release bonus tracks
*Tracks included on 1992
CD reissue:
# "Dead or Alive"
# "Hurtin'" (Henri Paul, Thunders)
# "So Alone"
# "The Wizard" (Marc Bolan )Personnel
*
Johnny Thunders - guitar, vocals, producer
*Paul Cook - drums
*John Earle - saxophone
*Paul Gray - bass, drums
*Chrissie Hynde - vocals on "Subway Train"
*Steve Jones - guitar
*Koulla Kakoulli - vocals
*Mike Kellie - drums
*Steve Lillywhite - piano, keyboards, producer, engineer
*Walter Lure - guitar
*Phil Lynott - bass, vocals
*Steve Marriott - harmonica, piano, keyboards, vocals
*Joe McEwan - producer
*Steve Nicol - drums
*Patti Palladin - vocals
*Henri Paul - guitar
*Peter Perrett - guitar, vocals
*Billy Rath - bass
*Peter Gravelle - photography
*Molly Reeve-Morrison - project coordinator
*Lee Herschberg - remastering
*Ira Robbins - producer, liner notes
*Bill Smith - art direction, design
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