David Johansen (album)

David Johansen is a 1978 album by the rock musician David Johansen and his first solo album following his tenure as lead singer of the New York Dolls. The album was released on Blue Sky Records, a sub-label of Columbia Records that was associated with Johnny and Edgar Winter. David Johansen also features fellow New York Doll guitarist Sylvain Sylvain, who was a member of the David Johansen Band at that time. Sylvain co-wrote four of the songs with Johansen. The single from the album was Johansen and Sylvain's "Funky But Chic", backed with "The Rope (The Let Go Song)", which has been included as a bonus track on the CD. David Johansen was voted the tenth best record of 1978 in the Pazz & Jop, an annual poll of American critics published by The Village Voice.[4]

David Johansen
Studio album by
David Johansen
ReleasedMay 1978
RecordedFebruary 1978
StudioThe Record Plant, New York
Genre
Length38:16
LabelBlue Sky Records
Columbia
Razor & Tie
ProducerRichard Robinson, David Johansen
David Johansen chronology
David Johansen
(1978)		 In Style
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Track listing

All songs by David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain except as indicated.

Side one
  1. "Funky But Chic"
  2. "Girls"
  3. "Pain in My Heart" (Johansen)
  4. "Not That Much" (Johansen, Buz Verno)
  5. "Donna" (Johansen)

Side two
  1. "Cool Metro"
  2. "I'm a Lover" (Johansen, Johnny Ráo, Thomas Trask, Buz Verno)
  3. "Lonely Tenement" (Johansen)
  4. "Frenchette"

Bonus track
  1. "The Rope (The Let Go Song)" (Johansen)

Personnel

Charts
Chart (1978) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[5] 91

Releases
  • Cassette David Johansen Razor & Tie 1992
  • CD David Johansen Razor & Tie 1992
  • Cassette David Johansen [Bonus Track] Caroline Distribution 1992
  • CD David Johansen American Beat Records 2008
  • CD David Johansen Culture Factory 2012
  • CD David Johansen Razor & Tie

References
  1. Deming, Mark. "David Johansen – David Johansen". AllMusic. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "David Johansen: David Johansen". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor and Fields. p. 199. ISBN 0-89919-026-X. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  3. Evans, Paul (1992). "David Johansen". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. pp. 371–72. ISBN 0-679-73729-4.
  4. "The 1978 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. January 22, 1979. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 158. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.



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