Cover (Tom Verlaine album) explained

Cover is the fourth solo album by Tom Verlaine. It was released in 1984.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Tom Verlaine; except "Five Miles of You" composed with Jimmy Ripp

1. "Five Miles of You" (4:20)
2. "Travelling" (5:00)
3. "O Foolish Heart" (4:28)
4. "Lindi-Lu" (3:40)
5. "Let Go the Mansion" (3:08)
6. "Dissolve/Reveal" (4:41)
7. "Miss Emily" (4:41)
8. "Rotation" (4:11)
9. "Swim" (4:31)

Personnel

• Tom Verlaine - guitars, solos, vocals, synthesizer; drum machine on "O Foolish Heart", "Let Go the Mansion", "Dissolve/Reveal" and "Swim"
• Jimmy Ripp - guitars, bass on "Swim"
• Fred Smith - bass
• Bill Laswell - bass on "Miss Emily"
• Jay Dee Daugherty - drums on "Five Miles of You" and "Travelling"
• Allan Schwartzberg - drums on "Lindi-Lu", "Miss Emily" and "Rotation"

Technical

• Ray Niznik, Michael Ewasko, Dave Jerden, Mario Salvati, Howard Gray, Steve Brown - engineers
• Jill Furmanovsky - photography

Reception

NME ranked it number 18 among the "Albums of the Year" for 1984.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Steffen Hung . Tom Verlaine - Cover . swedishcharts.com . 2011-07-12.
2. Web site: Albums and Tracks of the Year . 2016 . . 22 March 2018 .