Cover (Tom Verlaine album)

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

Critical reception

NME ranked the album number 18 among the "Albums of the Year" for 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"

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

Charts

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