Casual Gods

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Casual Gods
Studio album by Jerry Harrison
Released	February, 1988
Recorded	D.V. Recording, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Sigma Sound Studios, New York City, New York
Genre	Rock
Length	55:54
Label	Sire/Warner Bros. Records (USA) Fontana Records (UK & Europe)
Producer	Jerry Harrison
Jerry Harrison chronology
The Red and the Black (1981) Casual Gods (1988) Walk on Water (1991)

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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 track "Man with a Gun" was featured in the 1988 film Two Moon Junction, and the instrumental version of the same song was used in the 1986 Jonathan Demme film Something Wild.^{[citation needed]} The track "Cherokee Chief" first appeared on the 1987 Sire Records promotional sampler Just Say Yes. The single "Rev It Up" peaked at #7 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart. The album cover features a photograph of the Serra Pelada gold mine by Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado.

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. "Breakdown in the Passing Lane" – 4:37
9. "A.K.A. Love" (Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks) – 4:10
10. "We're Always Talking" (Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks) – 4:40
11. "Bobby" (Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks) – 4:03
12. "Bobby" (Extended Mix) (Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks) – 6:58

The extended mix of "Bobby" did not appear on the LP or cassette versions of the album, but was featured as the B-side of the "Rev It Up" 45rpm single. "Breakdown in the Passing Lane" was not on the original U.S. LP release.

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Personnel[]

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

Technical

• David Avidor, Eric "E.T." Thorngren, J.C. Convertino, John "Tokes" Potoker, Robin Laine – overdub recording

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External links[]

• Album review