Lone Justice (album)

Lone Justice
Lone Justice
Studio album by Lone Justice
Released	April 1985
Studio	Power Station, NYC; Sunset Sound, LA; Village Recorders, LA; Rumbo Recorders, LA; Amigo Studios, LA; Studio 55, LA;
Genre	Country rock
Length	35:48
Label	Geffen
Producer	Jimmy Iovine
Lone Justice chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]
The Village Voice	B^[4]

Lone Justice is the self-titled debut studio album by American roots rock band Lone Justice, released in April 1985.

Reception[]

The album received some critical acclaim, but it failed commercially. Trouser Press described the problem as over-promotion: "It isn't that Lone Justice's first album is bad (it's not), but the ballyhoo that preceded the LA quartet's debut raised expectations that these frisky countryfied rock tunes (Linda Ronstadt on speed, perhaps, or Dolly Parton backed by the Blasters) couldn't possibly satisfy. Maria McKee is an impressive young singer — an energetic, throaty powerhouse with a Southern twang and a slight Patsy Cline catch — and the band is solid enough, but... [the album] doesn't come anywhere near extraordinary."^[5]

Track listing[]

Writing credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[6] ^[7]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"East of Eden"	Marvin Etzioni	Etzioni	2:37
2.	"After the Flood"	Maria McKee	McKee	3:40
3.	"Ways to Be Wicked"	Tom Petty, Mike Campbell	Petty, Campbell	3:28
4.	"Don't Toss Us Away"	Bryan MacLean	MacLean	4:19
5.	"Working Late"	Etzioni	Etzioni	2:45
6.	"Sweet, Sweet Baby (I'm Falling)"	McKee	McKee, Benmont Tench, Steven Van Zandt	4:12
7.	"Pass It On"	McKee	McKee	3:40
8.	"Wait 'Til We Get Home"	McKee	Ryan Hedgecock, McKee	3:18
9.	"Soap, Soup and Salvation"	McKee	McKee	4:04
10.	"You Are the Light"	Etzioni	Etzioni	3:59

Charts[]

Year	Chart	Position
1985	200	56
1985	Top Country Albums	62

Personnel[]

Adapted from the album's liner notes.^[6]

Lone Justice

Maria McKee – vocals, guitar, harmonica
Marvin Etzioni – bass guitar, background vocals
Ryan Hedgecock – guitar, acoustic guitar [1, 7], background vocals
Don Heffington – drums

Additional personnel

Benmont Tench – piano, organ, background vocals [1, 8]
Bobbye Hall – percussion overdubs
Mike Campbell – guitar [3]
Bob Glaub – bass guitar [3]
Little Steven – rhythm and lead guitar [6]
Tony Gilkyson – guitar [7]

Production

Jimmy Iovine – producer
Shelly Yakus – engineer, mixing, overdub engineer
Joe Chiccarelli – engineer, overdub engineer
Greg Edward – engineer, mixing, overdub engineer
Thom Panunzio – engineer, overdub engineer
Gabe Veltri – overdub engineer
Bruce Lampcov – assistant engineer
Steve Shelton – assistant engineer
Steve Hirsch – assistant engineer
Greg Droman – assistant engineer
Steve Strassman – assistant engineer
Bill Jackson – assistant engineer
Don Smith – mixing, overdub engineer
Dave Thoener – mixing
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Carlyne Majer – management
Janet Weber – production coordination
Chuck Reed – crew
Deborah Turbeville – photography
Paula Greif – art direction
Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff – art direction
Jeri McManus – design
Julien – hair
Michel Voyski – make-up
Barbara Dente – stylist

Notes[]

^ "Lone Justice: Billboard Back Cover Story". Billboard. April 6, 1985. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
^ Deming, Mark. "Lone Justice – Lone Justice". AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
^ Anthony DeCurtis; James Henke; Holly George-Warren, eds. (1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. p. 433. ISBN 0679737294.
^ Christgau, Robert (June 25, 1985). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
^ Robbins, Ira A., ed. (1991). The New Trouser Press Record Guide (4th ed.). New York: Collier/Macmillan. p. 329. ISBN 0-02-036361-3.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Lone Justice on Discogs. Discogs.com. Retrieved on 24 June 2019.
^ "United States Copyright Office Public Catalog - Lone Justice". cocatalog.loc.gov. Retrieved on 24 June 2019.

[1] "Lone Justice: Billboard Back Cover Story". Billboard. April 6, 1985. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

[2] Deming, Mark. "Lone Justice – Lone Justice". AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2018.

[Rolling_Stone-3] Anthony DeCurtis; James Henke; Holly George-Warren, eds. (1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. p. 433. ISBN 0679737294.

[4] Christgau, Robert (June 25, 1985). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved February 12, 2018.

[Robbins4-5] Robbins, Ira A., ed. (1991). The New Trouser Press Record Guide (4th ed.). New York: Collier/Macmillan. p. 329. ISBN 0-02-036361-3.

[discogs-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b Lone Justice on Discogs. Discogs.com. Retrieved on 24 June 2019.

[7] "United States Copyright Office Public Catalog - Lone Justice". cocatalog.loc.gov. Retrieved on 24 June 2019.

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