Destiny Street
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Destiny Street is the second and last studio album by the punk band Richard Hell
and The Voidoids
. It was originally released in 1982 on Red Star Records, and was reissued in 1995 by Razor & Tie
. In 2008-2009, Richard Hell re-recorded the lead guitars, using players Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell and Ivan Julian, and re-recorded his own lead vocals. The result in was reissued as Destiny Street Repaired in 2009. This "repaired" version is available only from its online label Insound and from Hell's own website.
Richard Hell
Richard Hell is a singer, songwriter, bass guitarist, and writer.Richard Hell was an innovator of punk music and fashion. He was one of the first to spike his hair and wear torn, cut and drawn-on shirts, often held together with safety pins...
and The Voidoids
The Voidoids
The Voidoids, also known as Richard Hell & The Voidoids, were an American rock band from the first wave of punk rock, fronted by Richard Hell, a former member of the Neon Boys, Television and the Heartbreakers...
. It was originally released in 1982 on Red Star Records, and was reissued in 1995 by Razor & Tie
Razor & Tie
Razor & Tie is a New York-based corporation founded in 1990 by Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam. The company encompasses a record label with major label distribution , a home video company, a media buying company, a music publishing business, a marketing, promotion and sales team, and a direct...
. In 2008-2009, Richard Hell re-recorded the lead guitars, using players Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell and Ivan Julian, and re-recorded his own lead vocals. The result in was reissued as Destiny Street Repaired in 2009. This "repaired" version is available only from its online label Insound and from Hell's own website.
Side one
- "The Kid With the Replaceable Head" – 2:24
- "You Gotta Move" (Ray DaviesRay DaviesRay Davies, CBE is an English rock musician. He is best known as lead singer and songwriter for the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother, Dave...
) – 2:36 - "Going, Going, GoneGoing, Going, Gone (song)"Going, Going, Gone" is a song by Bob Dylan. It was released in 1974 on the album Planet Waves.-Cover versions:The song was covered by Richard Hell and the Voidoids on their 1982 album Destiny Street. It was also covered by Son Volt on their 1997 EP "Switchback"....
" (Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
) – 2:34 - "Lowest Common Dominator" – 2:23
- "Downtown at Dawn" – 5:59
Side two
- "Time" – 3:33
- "I Can Only Give You Everything" (Phil CoulterPhil CoulterPhil Coulter is an artist with an international reputation as a successful songwriter, pianist, music producer, arranger and director. His success has spanned four decades and he is one of the biggest record sellers in Ireland...
, Tommy Scott) – 3:57 - "Ignore that Door" (Hell, Ivan JulianIvan JulianIvan Julian is a guitarist and bassist, founding member of the seminal Punk/New Wave group Richard Hell and the Voidoids, The Outsets and Lovelies.He has performed with the Isley Brothers, The Clash, Matthew Sweet, and Shriekback....
, Robert QuineRobert QuineRobert Wolfe Quine was an American guitarist, known for his innovative guitar solos.A native of Akron, Ohio, Quine worked with a wide range of musicians, though he himself remained relatively unknown in comparison...
) – 3:13 - "Staring in Her Eyes" – 4:20
- "Destiny Street" (Hell, Fred MaherFred MaherFred Maher is an American drummer, programmer and record producer.He was a member of Massacre , Material, Scritti Politti, Lou Reed, and is best known as the producer of I'm Talking's album Bear Witness , Lou Reed's album New York , Matthew Sweet's album Girlfriend , and Information Society's self...
, Naux, Quine) – 4:40
Personnel
- Richard HellRichard HellRichard Hell is a singer, songwriter, bass guitarist, and writer.Richard Hell was an innovator of punk music and fashion. He was one of the first to spike his hair and wear torn, cut and drawn-on shirts, often held together with safety pins...
: bass guitar, vocals - Robert QuineRobert QuineRobert Wolfe Quine was an American guitarist, known for his innovative guitar solos.A native of Akron, Ohio, Quine worked with a wide range of musicians, though he himself remained relatively unknown in comparison...
: guitar - Naux: guitar
- Fred MaherFred MaherFred Maher is an American drummer, programmer and record producer.He was a member of Massacre , Material, Scritti Politti, Lou Reed, and is best known as the producer of I'm Talking's album Bear Witness , Lou Reed's album New York , Matthew Sweet's album Girlfriend , and Information Society's self...
: drums