Miami (The Gun Club album)

Miami
Studio album by The Gun Club
Released September 20, 1982
Recorded June 1982
Studio Blank Tape Studios, New York
Genre Punk blues, post-punk, roots rock
Length 39:33
Label Animal Records
Producer Chris Stein
The Gun Club chronology
Fire of Love
(1981)
Miami
(1982)
Death Party EP
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Classic Rock[2]
Mojo[3]
Q[4]
Uncut[5]

Miami is the second studio album by punk blues group The Gun Club, released in 1982.[6]

Debbie Harry appears as a backing singer on various tracks on the album under the pseudonym "D.H. Laurence Jr."

The track "Mother of Earth" was covered by alt-country band The Sadies on their 2001 album Tremendous Efforts.

Track listing

All songs written by Jeffrey Lee Pierce except as indicated.

Side one
  1. "Carry Home" - 3:14
  2. "Like Calling Up Thunder" - 2:29
  3. "Brother and Sister" - 2:57
  4. "Run Through the Jungle" (John Fogerty) - 4:07
  5. "A Devil in the Woods" - 3:05
  6. "Texas Serenade" - 4:40
Side two
  1. "Watermelon Man" (Ward Dotson, Jeffrey Lee Pierce) - 4:11
  2. "Bad Indian" - 2:37
  3. "John Hardy" (Traditional; arranged by Jeffrey Lee Pierce) - 3:21
  4. "The Fire of Love" (Jody Reynolds, Stordivant Sonya) - 2:14
  5. "Sleeping in Blood City" - 3:29
  6. "Mother of Earth" - 3:21

Personnel

The Gun Club

Additional musicians

Production

"Special thanks to: Bob Singerman, Linda Cuckovich, Chris D., Robyn Weiss, Lois Graham, Lux Interior, Ivy Rorschach, Kid Congo, Linda Jones, Chris Stein and D.H. Laurence, Jr."

Reception

Miami was ranked among the top fifty "Albums of the Year" for 1982 by NME.[7]

References

  1. Jurek, Thom. "Miami". AllMusic. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  2. Martin, Gavin (February 2010). "The Gun Club - Miami/The Las Vegas Story". Classic Rock. No. 141. p. 89.
  3. columnist. "The Gun Club: Miami". Mojo: 114.
  4. columnist. "The Gun Club: Miami". Q: 131.
  5. columnist. "The Gun Club: Miami". Uncut: 149.
  6. Green, Jim; Sprague, David (2007). "Gun Club". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  7. "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME. 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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