| Words from the Front | ||||
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| Released | June 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Studio | Blue Rock Studio, New York City | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 36:42 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Tom Verlaine | |||
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Words from the Front is Tom Verlaine's third solo album, released in 1982. [1] It was issued on compact disc in 2008 by Collectors' Choice Music. Music videos were made for "Words from the Front" and "Clear It Away", directed by Ed Steinberg.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| American Songwriter | [3] |
| The Austin Chronicle |  [4] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+ [5] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [6] |
| OndaRock | 6/10 [7] |
| Popmatters |   [8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
| (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | [10] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 5/10 [1] |
The Globe and Mail wrote that Verlaine's "shadowy, intense vignettes do cast a kind of spell, but there are few new developments here in the territory he has already mastered." [11]
Words from the Front was ranked among the top fifty "Albums of the Year" for 1982 by NME . [12]
All songs written by Tom Verlaine
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