Artist:  Tom Verlaine

Title:  Words From the Front

Date:  1982

Label:  Warner Brothers BSK 3685

Photo Illustration: Rich Mahon

Photography: Howard Rosenberg

Notes:  Following Dreamtime this record seems a little more of the same, but it still merits a listen or two. Tom is still building on his guitar atmospherics and plaintive vocal style. Maybe more for the hardcore fans, but I think the casual listener may enjoy it as well. Quiet portrait of the artist on the front cover and lyrics included inside.

Line Up:

Tom Verlaine - Vocals, Guitars and Solos
Jimmy Ripp - Guitars
Tommy Price - Drums
Joe Vasta - Bass
Jay Dee Daugherty - Drums
Fred Smith - Bass
Allan Schwartzberg - Drums
Lene Lovich - Sax

Track Listing

Side 1

Present Arrived
Postcard from Waterloo
True Story
Clear It Away

Side 2

Words from the Front
Coming Apart
Days on the Mountain