Benefactor (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Benefactor
Type = Studio album
Artist = Romeo Void


Released = November 1982
Recorded = 1981-1982
Genre = New Wave
Length = 38:04 (Benefactor)
20:23 (Never Say Never)
58:27 (total)
Label = Columbia
Producer = Ian Taylor
Ric Ocasek (Never Say Never)
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rh9fs36ba3xg link]
Last album = "Never Say Never (EP)" (1982)
This album = "Benefactor" (1982)
Next album = "Instincts" (1984)

"Benefactor" is the second studio album by American new wave band Romeo Void, released in 1982. It was released on CD in 2006 by Wounded Bird Records, with their "Never Say Never" EP as four bonus tracks. The first version of the song "Never Say Never" is a shorter, "clean" edit suitable for general radio broadcast.

Track listing

All songs written by Debora Iyall, Peter Woods, Frank Zincavage, Benjamin Bossi, and Larry Carter unless otherwise noted.
# "Never Say Never (edit)" – 3:27
# "Wrap It Up" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) – 3:15
# "Flashflood" – 4:55
# "Undercover Kept" – 6:05
# "Ventilation" – 3:55
# "Chinatown" – 3:18
# "Orange" – 4:15
# "Shake the Hands of Time" – 3:19
# "S.O.S." – 5:30

Bonus tracks (2006 reissue)

# "Never Say Never" – 6:06
# "In the Dark" – 4:33
# "Present Tense" – 5:47
# "Not Safe" – 3:57

Credits

*Debora Iyall – vocals
*Peter Woods – guitar
*Benjamin Bossi – saxophone
*Frank Zincavage – bass
*Larry Carter – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

*Walter Turbitt – guitar on 9
*Marybeth O'Hara – backing vocals on 7
*Norman Salant – saxophone on 7

Charts

Album{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"!align="left"|Item!align="left"|Year!align="left"|Chart!align="left"|Position
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align="left"|Never Say Never (EP)
align="left"|1982
align="left"|Pop Albums
align="left"|147
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align="left"|Benefactor
align="left"|1982
align="left"|Pop Albums
align="left"|119