Hurt Me (album)

Hurt Me
Studio album by Johnny Thunders
Released	1984
Recorded	October–November 1983
Studio	Studios WW, Paris, France
Genre	Acoustic rock
Label	New Rose
Producer	Johnny Thunders, Christopher Giercke
Johnny Thunders chronology
In Cold Blood (1983) Hurt Me (1984) Que Sera Sera (1985)

Hurt Me is an album by the American musician Johnny Thunders, released in 1984. ^{[1] [2]} It was recorded in Paris, with just an acoustic guitar. ^[3] Richard Hell wrote the lyrics to the title track. ^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	7/10 [7]
Uncut	[8]

The Omaha World-Herald wrote: "Instead of rocking out, he sounds haunting and barely hopeful. Perhaps he intended to make such an intensely personal album. Or maybe he just didn't want to pay a band." ^[9]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Johnny Thunders, except where indicated

Side A

1. "Sad Vacation"
2. "Eve of Destruction" (P.F. Sloan)
3. "Too Much Too Soon" (Thunders, Sylvain Sylvain)
4. "Joey Joey" (Bob Dylan)
5. "I'm a Boy I'm a Girl"
6. "Go Back to Go" (Thunders, Sylvain Sylvain)
7. "I Like to Play Games"
8. "Hurt Me" (Thunders, Richard Hell)
9. "Illegitimate Son of Segovia"
10. "It Ain't Me Babe" (Bob Dylan)

Side B

1. "Diary of a Lover"
2. "I'd Rather Be with the Boys (Than Girls Like You)" (Keith Richards, Andrew Loog Oldham)
3. "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory"
4. "She's So Untouchable"
5. "Ask Me No Questions"
6. "She's So Strange"
7. "Lonely Planet Boy" (David Johansen)
8. "M.I.A."
9. "Cosa Nostra"

Personnel

• Johnny Thunders - guitar, vocals
• Charlotte - backing vocals on "I'd Rather Be With the Boys"

Technical

• Patrick Woindrich - engineer
• Kathy Findlay - cover photography

References

1. "Johnny Thunders Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine". AllMusic. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
2. "Johnny Thunders". Trouser Press. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
3. "Johnny Thunders Hurt Me". Ox-Fanzine. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
4. Hell, Richard (December 1986). "Sweet Excess". Spin. 2 (9): 22.
5. "Hurt Me - Johnny Thunders | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
6. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958.
7. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 269–270.
8. Cox, Tom (December 1997). "Johnny Thunders: In Cold Blood / Hurt Me". Uncut . No. 7. p. 88.
9. Catlin, Roger (February 7, 1984). "Johnny Thunders hasn't exactly been prolific...". Omaha World-Herald.