Flash Light (album)

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Flash Light
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Studio album by
Released1987
StudioSorcerer 2, New York City
Genre Post-punk
Label Fontana (UK), IRS (US)
Producer Fred Smith, Tom Verlaine; David Bascombe (only "The Scientist Writes a Letter")
Tom Verlaine chronology
Cover
(1984)
Flash Light
(1987)
The Wonder
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Robert Christgau A− [3]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Flash Light is Tom Verlaine's fifth solo album. After a three-year hiatus, during which Verlaine lived in both New York and Europe, he released the album with a large amount of promotion and touring in the UK.

Contents

It was recorded by Mario Salvati at Sorcerer 2, New York City except "The Scientist Writes a Letter", engineered by Mark Wallis. Mixed by Paul O'Duffy at Sarm West, London.

The cover artwork was by Susan Hiller, who also created the cover artwork for the accompanying 7-inch singles, 'Cry Mercy Judge' and 'A Town Called Walker'. Layout by John Rimmer at Pointblanc.

Track listing

All songs written by Tom Verlaine

Side one

  1. "Cry Mercy Judge"
  2. "Say a Prayer"
  3. "A Town Called Walker"
  4. "Song"
  5. "The Scientist Writes a Letter"

Side two

  1. "Bomb"
  2. "4 A.M."
  3. "The Funniest Thing"
  4. "Annie's Telling Me"
  5. "One Time at Sundown"

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Album

YearCountryChartPeak positionCitation
1987UK UK Official Album Chart 99 [6]

Singles

YearCountrySingleChartPeak positionCitation
1987UK"Cry Mercy Judge" UK Official Singles Chart 99 [6]

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References

  1. AllMusic review
  2. Young, Jon. "Tom Verlaine: Flash Light". Blender . Archived from the original on November 9, 2004. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  3. Robert Christgau review
  4. Strickland, Andy (February 28, 1987). "Tom Verlaine: Flash Light". Record Mirror . p. 12.
  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. 1 2 "UK Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 22, 2018.

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