Sweet Revenge (David Johansen album)

Sweet Revenge
Studio album by David Johansen
Released 1984
Genre Rock, synth pop, new wave
Length 37:29
Label Passport
Producer David Johansen, Joe Delia
David Johansen chronology
Live It Up
(1982)Live It Up1982
Sweet Revenge
(1984)
Buster Poindexter
(1987)Buster Poindexter1987
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Sweet Revenge is a 1984 album released by David Johansen and the only Johansen album to be released on the Passport Records label. Following Sweet Revenge, Johansen switched his music career into his alter-ego, Buster Poindexter. For the next fifteen years, Buster Poindexter would remain in the forefront of Johansen's music career.

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Johansen and Joe Delia; except where indicated:

  1. "Heard The News"
  2. "Big Trouble"
  3. "I Ain't Workin' Anymore"
  4. "King Of Babylon" (David Johansen, Joe Delia, Danny Toan)
  5. "Sweet Revenge"
  6. "Too Many Midnights"
  7. "In My Own Time"
  8. "The Stinkin' Rich" (David Johansen, Joe Delia, Brett Cartwright)
  9. "N.Y. Doll"

Personnel

  • David Johansen – lead vocals
  • Patti Scialfa – background vocals on "Big Trouble"
  • David Nelson – guitar, Roland synthesizer, background vocals
  • Neil Jason – bass on "N.Y. Doll"
  • Joe Delia – keyboards, sequential programming
  • Soozie Kirschner – background vocals on "Big Trouble"
  • Brett Cartwright – bass, background vocals
  • Dennis McDermott – drums, background vocals
  • Steve Thornton – percussion
  • Jimmy Ripp – guitar
  • Artie Kaplan – saxophone on "N.Y. Doll"
  • Rocky Savino, Jr. – harmonica on "In My Own Time"
  • Peter Gordon – saxophone
  • Stephen Bray – drums
  • April Lang – background vocals on "Big Trouble"
  • "Big" Jay McNeely – saxophone on "I Ain't Workin' Anymore"
  • Claudia Engelhart - "newscaster" on "Heard The News"
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