Come as You Are (album)

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Come As You Are
Peter Wolf - Come As You Are.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 20, 1987
RecordedSyncro Sound, Boston, MA
GenreRock
Length39:56
LabelEMI America
ProducerPeter Wolf,
Peter Wolf chronology
Lights Out
(1984)
Come As You Are
(1987)
Up to No Good
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Come As You Are is the second solo album by Peter Wolf, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). "Come As You Are" was a major hit for Wolf, peaking at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for one week.

The music video for "Come As You Are" is based on Bobby Van's memorable "street dance" from "Small Town Girl (1953)." In the video, Peter Wolf hops around a 1950s small town similar to the one in the movie, and he passes a poster for Small Town Girl as a direct reference to the inspiration for the video.

Track listing[]

  1. "Can't Get Started" (Peter Wolf) - 3:01
  2. "Love on Ice" (Wolf, Timothy S. Mayer) - 4:12
  3. "Thick as Thieves" (Wolf, Mayer) - 2:59
  4. "Blue Avenue" (Wolf, Mayer, Carin Goldberg) - 4:06
  5. "Wind Me Up" (Wolf) - 2:49
  6. "Come as You Are" (Wolf, Mayer) - 2:43
  7. "Flame of Love" (Wolf) - 4:16
  8. "Mamma Said" (Wolf, Michael Jonzun) - 4:04
  9. "Magic Moon" (Wolf) - 3:39
  10. "2 Lane" (Wolf) - 3:23
  11. "Run Silent Run Deep" (Wolf, Mayer) - 4:39

Personnel[]

  • Peter Wolf - vocals, background vocals
  • Bobby Chouinard - drums
  • Jeff Golub - guitar
  • Jim Gregory - bass
  • Lonnie Groves - background vocals
  • Arno Hecht - horn
  • Victor LeComer - keyboard
  • Tom Mandel - keyboard
  • Skip McDonald - guitar
  • Steve Scales - percussion
  • - background vocals
  • George Simms - background vocals
  • John Songdahl - keyboards
  • Bird Taylor - background vocals
  • Buck Taylor - background vocals
  • John Turi - horn
  • Doug Wimbish - bass

Production[]

  • Producers: Peter Wolf, Eric "ET" Thorngren
  • Engineer: Eric "ET" Thorngren
  • Mixing: Eric "ET" Thorngren
  • Mixing assistant: Marc Cobrin
  • Mastering: Jack Skinner
  • Studio assistant: Gary Wright
  • Art direction: Henry Marquez, Janet Perr
  • Album design: Janet Perr
  • Photography: Annie Leibovitz

Charts[]

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1987 The Billboard 200 53

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year Single Chart Position
1987 "Can't Get Started" Mainstream Rock Tracks 16
1987 "Can't Get Started" The Billboard Hot 100 75
1987 "Come as You Are" Hot Dance Music/Club Play 49
1987 "Come as You Are" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
1987 "Come as You Are" The Billboard Hot 100 15

Commercial uses[]

The Brazilian Television Channel REDE RECORD, due to its acquisition by the UCKG, managed by Bishop Edir Macedo, in July 1990, launched one of the clips, using the music of 1987, "Come as you are", of the former member of J. Geils Band, Peter Wolf. and showing the first moments of the channel, under the leadership of businessman above. The same was shown in the documentary about the 40 years of Brazilian TV, September 18, 1990, issued by the TV Cultura of São Paulo.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Youtube, Pedro Janov. "40 anos de TV: a história da Record 1990". Janov em Youtube. Pedro Janov. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
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