Fred Schneider (1991)
Fred Schneider (1991)
Fred Schneider (1991)
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New Wave, Alternative | Label: Reprise Records | Catalog Number: 7599-26592-2 | Time: 39:36 | RAR | RS.com
First solo album of The B-52's Fred Schneider (LP originally released 1984 as "Fred Schneider & the Shake Society").
Fred Schneider (1991)
Fred Schneider's first solo turn away from the B-52's was definitely a product of its time. For all of his band's new wave icon status, the B-52's weren't a synth rock group as such, but that's what more or less ended up backing him here, mostly thanks to one John Coté and his sometimes serviceable but unremarkable arrangements. Happily, Coté is content to either try to ape the B-52's or just let Schneider do his thing when he himself has little to offer, and more often than not the result is sometimes fine if not collectively spectacular. Perhaps wisely enough, the lead song and single from the album was not only the best but one of the most B-52's-like, "Monster." With Kate Pierson turning in one of several guest performances and Schneider clearly having deadpan fun with lines like "There's a monster in my pants and it does a nasty dance," it's hard to resist. "Summer in Hell" is another winner, and while Pierson reappears it's much more Schneider and Coté's show, a solid slice of ersatz B-52's merriment about how all the fun people ended up in the fiery regions. When it's just Schneider, Coté, and assorted others (including, in an inspired choice that just doesn't pan out for much, co-producer Bernie Worrell), things are often far less interesting, and more than once Schneider's trademark giddiness and odd imagery are the only things going for it. Remove those and songs like "Cut the Concrete" – down to a really worthless ending guitar solo that seems borrowed from a bad mid-'80s cop drama – and "This Planet's a Mess" could be trashed without anyone feeling any loss. Great as an EP, flawed as a full-length. AMG
Tracklisting:
1 Monster (3:57)
2 Cut The Concrete (4:00)
3 Summer In Hell (4:21)
4 Orbit (4:29)
5 I'm Gonna Haunt You (3:55)
6 It's Time To Kiss (5:50)
7 This Planet's A Mess (4:12)
8 Wave (4:31)
9 Boonga (The New Jersey Caveman) (4:27)
Credits:
All Lead Vocals: Fred Schneider
Backing vocals: Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson (1,3,5,9), Shailah Edmonds (1,3,9), Lisa Lubitz (1,3,9), John Coté (1,2,7,9), Bernie Worrell (1,2,7,9), Robert Molnar (2), The Hellions feat. Chris Schneider (3), Ronald Ardito (4), B. J. Nelson (8)
Duet Vocal on (6): Patti LaBelle
Keyboards & Synths: John Coté, Bernie Worrell
Guitars: John Coté, Tom Beckerman, Ron Ardito, Ronnie Drayton
Bass: John Coté, Tom Beckerman, Bernie Worrell, Tinker Barfield
Drums, Percussion: John Coté, Tom Beckerman, Tinker Barfield, Richard Beau, Leslie Ming, Steve Scales, Billy Amendola, Trevor Gayle, Geoffrey Arms
Produced by Bernie Worrell & Fred Schneider
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