Miami (The Gun Club album)

Miami
Studio album by The Gun Club
Released	September 20, 1982
Recorded	June 1982 Blank Tape Studios, New York
Genre	Punk blues, Post-punk, roots rock
Length	39:33
Label	Animal Records (original release) I.R.S. Records (1991 US reissue) Sympathy for the Record Industry (2004 US reissue) Cooking Vinyl (2009 European reissue)
Producer	Chris Stein
The Gun Club chronology
Fire of Love (1981) Miami (1982) Death Party EP (1983)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Mojo	[2]
Q	[3]
Uncut	[4]

Miami is the second album by punk blues group The Gun Club, released in 1982.^[5]

Debbie Harry appears as a backing singer on various tracks on the album under the pseudonym "D.H. Laurence Jr."

The track "Mother of Earth" was covered by alt-country band The Sadies on their 2001 album Tremendous Efforts.

Track listing

All songs written by Jeffrey Lee Pierce except as indicated.

Side one

1. "Carry Home"
2. "Like Calling Up Thunder"
3. "Brother and Sister"
4. "Run Through the Jungle" (John Fogerty)
5. "A Devil in the Woods"
6. "Texas Serenade"

Side two

1. "Watermelon Man" (Ward Dotson, Jeffrey Lee Pierce)
2. "Bad Indian"
3. "John Hardy" (Traditional; arranged by Jeffrey Lee Pierce)
4. "The Fire of Love" (Jody Reynolds, Stordivant Sonya)
5. "Sleeping in Blood City"
6. "Mother of Earth"

Personnel

• Jeffrey Lee Pierce - vocals, guitar, piano, background vocals on "Watermelon Man", lead guitar on "Run Through the Jungle", "John Hardy" and "Mother of Earth"
• Ward Dotson - lead guitar, background vocals on "Watermelon Man"
• Terry Graham - drums
• Rob Ritter - bass
• D.H. Laurence, Jr. - backing vocals
• Walter Steding - fiddle on "Watermelon Man"
• Chris Stein - producer, bongos on "Watermelon Man"
• Mark Tomeo - steel guitar on "Texas Serenade" and "Mother of Earth"
• Joe Arlotta - session engineer
• Butch Jones - mixing engineer
• Chris D. - cover photographs, original design

"Special thanks to: Bob Singerman, Linda Cuckovich, Chris D., Robyn Weiss, Lois Graham, Lux Interior, Ivy Rorschach, Kid Congo, Linda Jones, Chris Stein and D.H. Laurence, Jr."

References

1. Jurek, Thom. "Miami". Allmusic. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
2. columnist. "The Gun Club: Miami". Mojo: 114.
3. columnist. "The Gun Club: Miami". Q: 131.
4. columnist. "The Gun Club: Miami". Uncut: 149.
5. Green, Jim; Sprague, David (2007). "Gun Club". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 4, 2013.

External links

• Miami at Discogs (list of releases)