Help Yourself (Julian Lennon album)

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Help Yourself
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Studio album by
Released20 August 1991
Genre Pop [1]
Length58:22
Label
Producer Bob Ezrin
Julian Lennon chronology
Mr. Jordan
(1989)
Help Yourself
(1991)
Photograph Smile
(1998)
Singles from Help Yourself
  1. "Saltwater"
    Released: 5 August 1991
  2. "Help Yourself"
    Released: 1991
  3. "Rebel King"
    Released: 1991 (promo only)
  4. "Listen"
    Released: 1991 (promo only)
  5. "Get a Life"
    Released: 6 April 1992

Help Yourself is the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Julian Lennon, released in 1991 through Atlantic Records in the US and Virgin Records in the UK.

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

The album was a commercial success in Europe for Lennon, spawning a UK No. 6 hit "Saltwater" (as well as topping the charts in Australia for four weeks); however, it did not do as well in the US, where Atlantic Records were said to have under-promoted the album. [4]

The album was reissued, along with The Secret Value of Daydreaming and Mr. Jordan , on 8 September 2009 by Noble Rot Records. [5]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Rebel King" (Julian Lennon, Anthony Moore, Bob Ezrin) – 5:51
  2. "Saltwater" (Lennon, Mark Spiro, Leslie Spiro) – 4:07
  3. "Get a Life" (Lennon, Glenn Martin Tilbrook, Scott Humphrey) – 4:17
  4. "Would You" (Lennon, Moore) – 6:19
  5. "Maybe I Was Wrong" (Lennon, Justin Clayton) – 4:27
  6. "Help Yourself" (Lennon, John McCurry) – 4:41
Side two
  1. "Listen" (Lennon) – 5:04
  2. "Other Side of Town" (Lennon, Paul Buchanan, Robert Bell) – 5:34
  3. "New Physics Rant" (Lennon, Moore, Ezrin, Humphrey) – 4:48
  4. "Take Me Home" (Lennon, Ezrin, Clayton) – 4:26
  5. "Imaginary Lines" (Lennon, Moore, Clayton, Ezrin) – 5:12
  6. "Keep the People Working" (Moore) – 3:36

Personnel

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