Intoxifornication

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Intoxifornication
GreggAlexander Intoxifornication.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 5, 1992
RecordedLos Angeles, California at Sunset Sound, Westlake Audio, American Recorders, The Music Grinder, Gregg's bedroom, and the Suicide Room
Genre Rock, funk, pop
Length45:15
Label Epic
Producer Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels
Gregg Alexander chronology
Michigan Rain
(1989)
Intoxifornication
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Intoxifornication is the second album by Gregg Alexander, released on May 5, 1992.

Contents

It includes three tracks ("Loving You Sets Me Free", "Cruel with Me" and "The World We Love So Much") that had already been released on Alexander's 1989 debut album Michigan Rain . It also includes rerecordings of "Michigan Rain" and "Save Me from Myself" from that album.

Both "Smokin' in Bed" and "The Truth" were released as one-track promotional singles, and had videos filmed. [2] [3]

"The Truth" includes the line "Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes/Are you ready?/Here comes the lawsuit, baby", followed by Alexander covering the refrain of "Slow Ride" by Foghat. There is also a reference to the "Tutti Frutti" line "A wop-bom a loo-mop".

In the leadup to the album's release in May 1992, personal ads were placed in the LA Weekly that simply read "INTOXIFORNICATION". [4] [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Gregg Alexander.

  1. "Smokin' in Bed" – 3:11
  2. "Michigan Rain" – 2:50
  3. "Loving You Sets Me Free" – 4:23
  4. "Intoxifornication" – 4:02
  5. "The Truth" – 5:13
  6. "Save Me from Myself" – 6:22
  7. "I Wanna Seduce You" – 3:13
  8. "Electric Girlfriend" – 2:25
  9. "Cruel with Me" – 4:02
  10. "The World We Love So Much" – 4:38
  11. "Wear Your Love Beside You" (hidden track, title listed on Japanese release [6] ) – 4:31

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. ""Gregg Alexander - Smokin' In Bed"". Discogs . Retrieved May 23, 2008.
  3. ""Gregg Alexander - The Truth"". Discogs . Retrieved May 23, 2008.
  4. "Personal ads". LA Weekly. 23 April 1992. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  5. "Personal ads". LA Weekly. 7 May 1992. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
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