Casual Gods | ||||
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Released | January 12, 1988 [1] | |||
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Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 55:54 | |||
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Producer | Jerry Harrison | |||
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AllMusic | [2] |
Casual Gods is the second album by American musician Jerry Harrison, released in January 1988 by Sire Records in the U.S. and Fontana Records in the UK and Europe. His third album, Walk on Water , would also bear the Casual Gods name as a proxy for the band.
The track "Man with a Gun" was featured in the 1988 film Two Moon Junction , and the instrumental version of the same song was used in the 1986 Jonathan Demme film Something Wild . The track "Cherokee Chief" first appeared on the 1987 Sire Records promotional sampler Just Say Yes . The single "Rev It Up" peaked at No. 7 on the U.S. Album Rock Tracks chart. The album cover features a photograph of the Serra Pelada gold mine by Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado.
All tracks were written by Jerry Harrison, except where indicated.
Additional musicians
Technical
Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] | 18 |
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