Long Line

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Long Line
Peter Wolf - Long Line.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 14, 1996
StudioLongview Studios (North Brookfield, MA); Prophet Sound Studios (Stoughton, MA); Sound Techniques (Boston, MA); Normandy Sound Studios (Warren, RI).
Genre Rock
Length47:13
Label Reprise
Producer Peter Wolf, Johnny A., Stu Kimball
Peter Wolf chronology
Up to No Good
(1990)
Long Line
(1996)
Fool's Parade
(1998)
Singles from Long Line
  1. "Long Line"
    Released: 1996
  2. "Romeo Is Dead"
    Released: 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AMG Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Long Line is the fourth solo album by Peter Wolf, released in 1996. The album marked a shift in Wolf's music from pop rock to a bluesier rock with more personal, introspective lyrics. [3] [4] It had been six years since the release of his previous album, the delay largely due to legal problems with his previous record company MCA. [4] In the interim, Wolf performed gigs in the Boston area with his band Houseparty Five, who then served as the backing band on his tour for this album under the name The Street Ensemble. [3] Rolling Stone gave Long Line four stars. "The arrangements on Long Line, with their crisp guitar licks and neatly vigorous keyboards, feel a bit slick at times. But tunes like the sparkling, hip-hop-laced "Romeo Is Dead" and the wistful "Two Loves" are bound to prove irresistible."

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Long Line" (Angelo Petraglia, Stu Kimball, Wolf) – 3:33
  2. "Romeo Is Dead" (Will Jennings, Wolf) – 3:24
  3. "Rosie" (Taylor Rhodes, Wolf) – 4:26
  4. "Forty to One" (Aimee Mann, Wolf) – 3:00
  5. "Goodbye (Is All I'll Send Her)" (Kimball, Wolf) – 3:54
  6. "Wastin' Time" (Wolf) – 4:16
  7. "Sky High" (Jennings, Wolf) – 3:45
  8. "Two Loves" (Wolf) – 3:30
  9. "Break This Chain" (Robert White Johnson, Rhodes, Wolf) – 4:46
  10. "Seventh Heaven" (Johnson, Rhodes, Wolf) – 3:47
  11. "Starvin' to Death" (Mann, Wolf) – 3:27
  12. "Riverside Drive" (Wolf) – 5:25

Personnel

Technical personnel

Notes

  1. Long Line at AllMusic
  2. "Peter Wolf: Long Line: Music Reviews: Rolling Stone". Archived from the original on 2009-04-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. 1 2 "Peter Wolf talks the 'line' southcoasttoday.com".
  4. 1 2 "Interview with Peter Wolf of the J. Giels Band (1997) – J. Eric Smith".