- Meltdown (Steve Taylor album)
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Meltdown Studio album by Steve Taylor Released 1984 Recorded Sundberg Studios
(Denver, Colorado)Genre New Wave/Rock Length 43:00 (album)
54:15 (CD)Label Sparrow Records Producer Jonathan David Brown Professional reviews Steve Taylor chronology I Want To Be A Clone
(1982)Meltdown
(1984)On The Fritz
(1985)Meltdown is the title of the second album by singer/songwriter Steve Taylor.
This album was listed at #18 in the book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music.
Contents
Track listing
Side one
- "Meltdown (at Madame Tussaud's)" – 4:26
- "We Don't Need No Colour Code" – 2:43
- "Am I In Sync?" – 4:32
- "Meat the Press" – 3:48
- "Over My Dead Body" – 5:21
Side two
- "Sin For a Season" – 4:14
- "Guilty By Association" – 3:21
- "Hero" – 3:40
- "Jenny" – 4:04
- "Baby Doe" – 3:51
The CD was issued more than a year after the vinyl and cassette versions. It was entitled Meltdown and Meltdown Remixes and was also released on Sparrow Records.
The song "Baby Doe" was a vocal response to the early 1980 incidents involving the deaths of handicapped newborns that resulted from the withholding of medical treatment.
CD track listing
- "Meltdown (at Madame Tussaud's)" – 4:26
- "We Don't Need No Colour Code" – 2:43
- "Am I In Sync?" – 4:32
- "Meat the Press" – 3:48
- "Over My Dead Body" – 5:21
- "Meltdown (at Madame Tussaud's)" [extended version - remix] – 6:24
- "Sin For a Season" – 4:14
- "Guilty By Association" – 3:21
- "Hero" – 3:40
- "Jenny" – 4:04
- "Baby Doe" – 3:51
- "Meltdown (at Madame Tussaud's)" [instrumental extended version - remix] – 4:29
- "Meltdown (at Madame Tussaud's)" [edited version - remix] – 3:35
Some Band
- Steve Taylor: Vocals and backup percussion
- Kerry Conner: Guitars
- Cactus Moser: Drums
- Chris Richards: Bass:
- Dave Thrush: Sax
- Harry Bruckner: Bass Guitar on "Whatcha"
- Woody Waddell: Keyboards (including the Mighty Farsifa)
Production notes
- Written and arranged by Steve Taylor.
- Produced and engineered by Jonathan David Brown.
- Recorded at Sundberg Studios, Denver, Colorado.
- Mixed at Mama Jo's, North. Hollywood, California.
- Mastered at Future Disc, Universal City.
- Cover and Everything Artsy by The Graphics Studio.
- Photography by Greg Wigler.
- Cover Coordination by B. Charlyne Hinesley.
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