Cover (Tom Verlaine album)

Cover
Cover
Studio album by Tom Verlaine
Released	September 1984
Recorded	1984
Studio	Blue Rock, New York City ; Eldorado, Los Angeles; Sorcerer Sound, New York City; Bearsville, Woodstock ; Townhouse, London ; Roundhouse, London;
Genre	Post punk
Length	32:39
Label	Virgin
Producer	Tom Verlaine
Tom Verlaine chronology

Last updated October 06, 2025

Cover is the fourth solo album by Tom Verlaine. It was released in 1984.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
The New York Times	Favourable^[3]
Record Mirror	^[4]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[5]

NME ranked the album number 18 among the "Albums of the Year" for 1984.^[6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Tom Verlaine, except "Five Miles of You", composed with Jimmy Ripp

"Five Miles of You" (4:20)
"Travelling" (5:00)
"O Foolish Heart" (4:28)
"Lindi-Lu" (3:40)
"Let Go the Mansion" (3:08)
"Dissolve/Reveal" (4:41)
"Miss Emily" (4:41)
"Rotation" (4:11)
"Swim" (4:31)

Personnel

Tom Verlaine - guitars, solos, vocals, synthesizer; drum machine on "O Foolish Heart", "Let Go the Mansion", "Dissolve/Reveal" and "Swim"
Jimmy Ripp - guitars, bass on "Swim"
Fred Smith - bass
Bill Laswell - bass on "Miss Emily"
Jay Dee Daugherty - drums on "Five Miles of You" and "Travelling"
Allan Schwartzberg - drums on "Lindi-Lu", "Miss Emily" and "Rotation"

Technical

Ray Niznik, Michael Ewasko, Dave Jerden, Mario Salvati, Howard Gray, Steve Brown - engineers
Jill Furmanovsky - photography

Charts

Chart	Year	Peak position
Swedish Albums Chart	1984	35^[7]

References

↑ Cleary, David. Cover at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
↑ Pareles, John (December 25, 1984). "Rock - Tom Verlaine - Review". The New York Times. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
↑ Strike, Andy (September 8, 1984). "Tom Verlaine: Cover". Record Mirror . p. 18.
↑ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Tom Verlaine". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 848–49. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
↑ "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME . 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
↑ Steffen Hung. "Tom Verlaine - Cover". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved July 12, 2011.

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[AMG-1] Cleary, David. Cover at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-07-12.

[2] Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.

[3] Pareles, John (December 25, 1984). "Rock - Tom Verlaine - Review". The New York Times. Retrieved July 12, 2011.

[4] Strike, Andy (September 8, 1984). "Tom Verlaine: Cover". Record Mirror . p. 18.

[5] Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Tom Verlaine". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 848–49. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[6] "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME . 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2018.

[7] Steffen Hung. "Tom Verlaine - Cover". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved July 12, 2011.

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