JERRY HARRISON – CASUAL GODS LP – MINT UK TALKING HEADS

Jerry Harrison – Casual Gods
(Fontana Records  1988  SFLP2)
UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT- condition
– small scuff/tear at bottom of spine
Inner Sleeve in MINT condition

Vinyl in MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Jeremiah Griffin Harrison (born February 21, 1949) is an American songwriter, musician, producer, and entrepreneur. He achieved fame as the keyboardist and guitarist for the new wave band Talking Heads and as an original member of the Modern Lovers. In 2002, Harrison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Talking Heads.

Casual Gods was the second solo album by Jerry Harrison. His third, Walk on Water, also bore the Casual Gods name as a proxy for the band.

The instrumental track to “Man with A Gun” was featured in the Jonathan Demme film Something Wild.

Track listing

All tracks were written by Jerry Harrison, except where indicated

1. “Rev It Up” (Jerry Harrison, John Sieger, Ernie Brooks) – 4:17
2. “Song of Angels” – 3:35
3. “Man With A Gun” – 4:35
4. “Let It Come Down” – 4:52
5. “Cherokee Chief” (Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks) – 4:30
6. “A Perfect Lie” (Jerry Harrison, Arthur Russell, Ernie Brooks) – 4:25
7. “Are You Running?” (Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Monique Dayan) – 4:20
8. “A.K.A. Love” (Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks) – 4:10
9. “We’re Always Talking” (Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks) – 4:40
10. “Bobby” (Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks) – 4:03

Personnel

• Jerry Harrison – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Alex Weir, Chris Spedding, Robbie McIntosh – guitar
• Bernie Worrell – keyboards
• Rick Jaeger, David Van Tieghem, Yogi Horton – drums, percussion
• Dickie Landry – horns
• Arlene Holmes, Lovelace Richmond, Monique Dayan, Arthur Russell – background vocals