Greed (Ambitious Lovers album)

Greed
Studio album by Ambitious Lovers
Released	November 1, 1988
Recorded	Skyline Studios, Creative Audio Recording, Platinum Island, Nas Nuvens Rio De Janeiro and Cianni Musica, New York City, NY
Genre	New wave
Length	40:49
Label	Virgin
Producer	Peter Scherer
Ambitious Lovers chronology
Envy (1984) Greed (1988) Lust (1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A[2]

Greed is the second album by Ambitious Lovers, released in 1988 through Virgin Records.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Arto Lindsay and Peter Scherer, except "Para Não Contrariar Voce" by Paulinho da Viola. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Copy Me"	3:45
2.	"Privacy"	3:48
3.	"Caso"	2:40
4.	"King"	4:38
5.	"Omotesando"	1:36
6.	"Too Far"	3:03
7.	"Love Overlap"	4:42
8.	"Admit It"	3:44
9.	"Steel Wool"	1:03
10.	"Para Não Contrariar Voce"	2:38
11.	"Quasi You"	4:24
12.	"It Only Has to Happen Once"	3:42
13.	"Dot Stuff"	1:04

Personnel

Ambitious Lovers

• Arto Lindsay – vocals, guitar
• Peter Scherer – keyboards, synthesizer bass, drum programming, sampling, production

Additional musicians

• Joey Baron – drums on "Steel Wool" and "Para Não Contrariar Voce"
• D.K. Dyson – backing vocals
• Bill Frisell – guitar on "Steel Wool" and "Para Não Contrariar Voce"
• Gail Lou – backing vocals
• Vernon Reid – guitar on "Copy Me", "Privacy" and "Love Overlap"
• Naná Vasconcelos – percussion, vocals on "Copy Me" and "It Only Has to Happen Once"
• John Zorn – saxophone on "Privacy" and "Admit It"

Production

• Knut Bohn – additional recording
• Ed Brooks – assistant engineering
• John Cicchitti – assistant engineering
• Vitor Farias – additional recording
• Keith Freedman – assistant engineering, additional recording
• Oz Fritz – assistant engineering
• Eric Hurtig – additional recording
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Francis Manzella – additional recording
• Roger Moutenot – assistant engineering, mixing, recording
• UE Nastasi – assistant engineering
• Paula Zanes – art direction, photography
• Dary Sulich – assistant engineering

References

1. Kurutz, Steve. "Greed". Allmusic. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
2. Christgau, Robert. "Ambitious Lovers". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved November 8, 2012.

External links

• Greed at Discogs (list of releases)