Lone Justice (album)

Lone Justice
Studio album by Lone Justice
Released	April 15, 1985 [1]
Studio	Power Station, New York City Sunset Sound, Los Angeles Village Recorder, Los Angeles Rumbo, Los Angeles Amigo, Los Angeles Studio 55, Los Angeles
Genre	Country rock
Length	35:48
Label	Geffen
Producer	Jimmy Iovine
Lone Justice chronology
Lone Justice (1985) Shelter (1986)
Singles from Lone Justice
"Sweet, Sweet Baby (I'm Falling)" Released: 1985 "Ways to Be Wicked" Released: 1985

Lone Justice is the debut studio album by American roots rock band Lone Justice, released in April 1985.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
MusicHound Rock	[3]
NME	7/10 [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]
Martin C. Strong	7/10 [6]
The Village Voice	B [7]

The album received some critical acclaim, but it failed commercially. Trouser Press described the problem as over-promotion: "It isn't that Lone Justice's first album is bad (it's not), but the ballyhoo that preceded the LA quartet's debut raised expectations that these frisky countryfied rock tunes (Linda Ronstadt on speed, perhaps, or Dolly Parton backed by the Blasters) couldn't possibly satisfy. Maria McKee is an impressive young singer — an energetic, throaty powerhouse with a Southern twang and a slight Patsy Cline catch — and the band is solid enough, but... [the album] doesn't come anywhere near extraordinary." ^[8]

Lone Justice was ranked the 24th best album of 1985 in The Village Voice year-end Pazz & Jop critics poll. ^[9]

Track listing

Writing credits adapted from the album's liner notes. ^{[10] [11]}

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"East of Eden"	Marvin Etzioni	Etzioni	2:37
2.	"After the Flood"	Maria McKee	McKee	3:40
3.	"Ways to Be Wicked"	Tom Petty, Mike Campbell	Petty, Campbell	3:28
4.	"Don't Toss Us Away"	Bryan MacLean	MacLean	4:19
5.	"Working Late"	Etzioni	Etzioni	2:45
6.	"Sweet, Sweet Baby (I'm Falling)"	McKee	McKee, Benmont Tench, Steven Van Zandt	4:12
7.	"Pass It On"	McKee	McKee	3:40
8.	"Wait 'Til We Get Home"	McKee	Ryan Hedgecock, McKee	3:18
9.	"Soap, Soup and Salvation"	McKee	McKee	4:04
10.	"You Are the Light"	Etzioni	Etzioni	3:59

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	56
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	62

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes. ^[10]

Lone Justice

• Maria McKee – vocals, guitar, harmonica
• Marvin Etzioni – bass guitar, background vocals
• Ryan Hedgecock – guitar, acoustic guitar [1, 7], background vocals
• Don Heffington – drums

Additional personnel

• Benmont Tench – piano, organ, background vocals [1, 8]
• Bobbye Hall – percussion overdubs
• Mike Campbell – guitar [3]
• Bob Glaub – bass guitar [3]
• Little Steven – rhythm and lead guitar [6]
• Tony Gilkyson – guitar [7]
• Annie Lennox – background vocals [6]

Production

• Jimmy Iovine – producer
• Shelly Yakus – engineer, mixing, overdub engineer
• Joe Chiccarelli – engineer, overdub engineer
• Greg Edward – engineer, mixing, overdub engineer
• Thom Panunzio – engineer, overdub engineer
• Gabe Veltri – overdub engineer
• Bruce Lampcov – assistant engineer
• Steve Shelton – assistant engineer
• Steve Hirsch – assistant engineer
• Greg Droman – assistant engineer
• Steve Strassman – assistant engineer
• Bill Jackson – assistant engineer
• Don Smith – mixing, overdub engineer
• Dave Thoener – mixing
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Carlyne Majer – management
• Janet Weber – production coordination
• Chuck Reed – crew
• Deborah Turbeville – photography
• Paula Greif – art direction
• Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff – art direction
• Jeri McManus – design
• Julien – hair
• Michel Voyski – make-up
• Barbara Dente – stylist

Notes

1. "Lone Justice: Billboard Back Cover Story". Billboard . Vol. 97, no. 14. April 6, 1985. p. 1. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
2. Deming, Mark. "Lone Justice – Lone Justice". AllMusic . Retrieved February 12, 2018.
3. Graff, Gary (1996). "Lone Justice / Maria McKee". In Graff, Gary (ed.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 418. ISBN   9780787610371.
4. Staunton, Terry (March 23, 1991). "Lone Justice: Lone Justice / Shelter; Maria McKee: Maria McKee". NME . p. 35.
5. Considine, J. D. (1992). "Lone Justice". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. p. 433. ISBN   0-679-73729-4.
6. Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Canongate. p. 973.
7. Christgau, Robert (June 25, 1985). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . Retrieved February 12, 2018.
8. Robbins, Ira A., ed. (1991). The New Trouser Press Record Guide (4th ed.). New York: Collier/Macmillan. p. 329. ISBN   0-02-036361-3.
9. Christgau, Robert (February 18, 1986). "The 1985 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice.
10. Lone Justice on Discogs. Discogs.com. Retrieved on 24 June 2019.
11. "United States Copyright Office Public Catalog - Lone Justice". cocatalog.loc.gov. Retrieved on 24 June 2019.