The B-52 Band & the Fabulous Skylarks

The B-52 Band & the Fabulous Skylarks
Studio album by T Bone Burnett
Released	1972
Genre	Rock
Label	UNI
Producer	T Bone Burnett, Danny Moore
T Bone Burnett chronology
The B-52 Band & the Fabulous Skylarks (1972) Truth Decay (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+ [2]

The B-52 Band & the Fabulous Skylarks is the first album by T Bone Burnett, released in 1972 as J. Henry Burnett. It would be eight years before he released his first solo album as T Bone Burnett. Burnett would next go on to play with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue and then release three albums with the Alpha Band.

It was reissued in 1994 on the One Way label.

Track listing

1. "We Have All Got a Past"
2. "Bring Me Back Again"
3. "Now I Don't Mind No Light Sermon"
4. "Wouldn't You Think I'd Know by Now"
5. "You Been Away for So Long"
6. "Sliding By"
7. "Hot Rod Banjo"
8. "Mama, Please Don't You Lie"
9. "Clarification Blues"
10. "Money Changer"

    1994 reissue bonus tracks:

11. "I Don't Want to Hear You Cry No More"
12. "Linda Lu"

Personnel

• T Bone Burnett – vocals, guitar
• David Jackson – bass
• Matt Betton – drums
• The Fabulous Skylarks – backing vocals
• Tom Canning – piano, keyboards
• Dean Parks – guitar, saxophone

References

1. The B-52 Band & the Fabulous Skylarks at AllMusic
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 22, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.