Life in Exile After Abdication

Infobox Album |
Name = Life in Exile After Abdication
Type = Album
Artist = Maureen Tucker


Background = Orange
Released = 1989
Recorded = March 1988 at Noise, New York
June – October 1988 at Mirror Image, Gainesville, Florida.
Genre = Alternative pop, Rock, Post-punk
Length =
Label = 50 Skidillion Watts
Producer = Maureen Tucker
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rkuvad8kv8w4 link] |
Last album = "Moejadkatebarry"
(1987)
This album = "Life in Exile After Abdication"
(1989)
Next album = "I Spent a Week There the Other Night" (1991)

"Life in Exile after Abdication" is the second album by Maureen Tucker, released in 1989. Rather than performing all of the instruments herself, as on her debut album, Tucker is accompanied by performers such as Lou Reed, Jad Fair, Daniel Johnston and members of Sonic Youth.

Track listing

All tracks written by Maureen Tucker except where noted.

#"Hey Mersh!" – 3:16
#"Spam Again" – 5:25
#"Goodnight Irene" (Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax) – 2:29
#"Chase" (all players and Maureen Tucker) – 8:07
#"Andy" – 5:08
#"Work" – 3:38
#"Pale Blue Eyes" (Lou Reed) – 6:44
#"Bo Diddley" (Ellas McDaniel) – 5:07
#"Talk So Mean" – 4:59
#"Do it Right" (Jad Fair, Daniel Johnston) – 3:10
#"Guess I'm Falling In Love" (Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker)
#"Baby What You Want Me To Do" (Jimmy Reed)
#"Why Don't You Smile Now?" (Lou Reed, John Cale, Vance, Phillips)
#"Hey, Mr. Rain" (Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker)

Tracks 11 – 14 are bonus tracks from "Moejadkatebarry" and only appear on the Rev-Ola reissue.

Personnel

*Maureen Tucker - guitar, percussion, piano, drums, vocals, production, mixing
*Barry Stock – bass
*Jad Fair – guitar, percussion, cymbals, background vocals
*Kate Messer – acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, electric guitar, percussion, conga, background vocals
*Hank Beckmeyer – bass, guitar, percussion, background vocals, slide guitar
*Lou Reed – guitar on tracks 1 and 7
*Kim Gordon – bass, percussion, background vocals
*Thurston Moore – guitar
*Steve Shelley – drums
*Lee Ranaldo – guitar
*Don Fleming – background vocals
*Daniel Johnston – piano, vocals
*Scott Jarvis – drums, background vocals
*Ann Marie Ear – piano
*Rob Elk – background vocals
*M. Kostek – percussion
*Joe Martinelli – percussion, drums, background vocals

Release history

*LP/CS, 50 Skidillion Watts MOE 7, US, March 1989
*CD, 50 Skidillion Watts MOE 7-2, US, March 1989
*CD, 50 Skidillion Watts-Boudisque MOE 7-2, Germany
*CD, Rev-Ola CREV 011CD, UK, 1993