Life in Exile After Abdication

Life in Exile After Abdication
Studio album by Maureen Tucker
Released	1989
Recorded	March 1988 at Noise, New York June – October 1988 at Mirror Image, Gainesville, Florida.
Genre	Alternative pop, Rock, Post-punk
Label	50 Skidillion Watts
Producer	Maureen Tucker
Maureen Tucker chronology
Moejadkatebarry (1987) Life in Exile After Abdication (1989) I Spent a Week There the Other Night (1991)

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Life in Exile after Abdication is the second album by Maureen Tucker, released in 1989. Rather than performing all of the instruments herself, as on her debut album, Tucker is accompanied by performers such as Lou Reed, Jad Fair, Daniel Johnston and members of Sonic Youth. Reed selected the album as one of his 'picks of 1989'.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Maureen Tucker except where noted.

1. "Hey Mersh!" – 3:16
2. "Spam Again" – 5:25
3. "Goodnight Irene" (Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax) – 2:29
4. "Chase" (all players and Maureen Tucker) – 8:07
5. "Andy" – 5:08
6. "Work" – 3:38
7. "Pale Blue Eyes" (Lou Reed) – 6:44
8. "Bo Diddley" (Ellas McDaniel) – 5:07
9. "Talk So Mean" – 4:59
10. "Do it Right" (Jad Fair, Daniel Johnston) – 3:10
11. "Guess I'm Falling In Love" (Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker)
12. "Baby What You Want Me To Do" (Jimmy Reed)
13. "Why Don't You Smile Now?" (Lou Reed, John Cale, Vance, Phillips)
14. "Hey, Mr. Rain" (Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker)

Tracks 11 – 14 are bonus tracks from Moejadkatebarry and only appear on the Rev-Ola reissue.

Personnel

• Maureen Tucker - guitar, percussion, piano, drums, vocals, production, mixing
• Barry Stock – bass
• Jad Fair – guitar, percussion, cymbals, background vocals
• Kate Messer – acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, electric guitar, percussion, conga, background vocals
• Hank Beckmeyer – bass, guitar, percussion, background vocals, slide guitar
• Lou Reed – guitar on tracks 1 and 7
• Kim Gordon – bass, percussion, background vocals
• Thurston Moore – guitar
• Steve Shelley – drums
• Lee Ranaldo – guitar
• Don Fleming – background vocals
• Daniel Johnston – piano, vocals
• Scott Jarvis – drums, background vocals
• Ann Marie Ear – piano
• Rob Elk – background vocals
• M. Kostek – percussion
• Joe Martinelli – percussion, drums, background vocals

Release history

• LP/CS, 50 Skidillion Watts MOE 7, US, March 1989
• CD, 50 Skidillion Watts MOE 7-2, US, March 1989
• CD, 50 Skidillion Watts-Boudisque MOE 7-2, Germany
• CD, Rev-Ola CREV 011CD, UK, 1993

References

1. Rolling Stone, March 8, 1990