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Fool Around is Rachel Sweet
's debut album. It was released when she was 16.
This album was originally released in England as Stiff Records SEEZ 12 with a somewhat different set of tracks from what appeared on the American release and all other releases since.
Rachel Sweet
Rachel Sweet is an American singer, television writer and actress.-Biography:After beginning her singing career at the age of three, when she won an electric garage door opener in a singing contest, she began recording commercials at the age of six, toured with Mickey Rooney, and performed in Las...
's debut album. It was released when she was 16.
This album was originally released in England as Stiff Records SEEZ 12 with a somewhat different set of tracks from what appeared on the American release and all other releases since.
Track listing (English version)
All tracks composed by Liam Sternberg; except where indicated- "Just My Style" -
- "B-A-B-Y" (Isaac HayesIsaac HayesIsaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
, David PorterDavid Porter (musician)David Porter is an American soul musician. Porter is best known as the songwriting and production partner of Isaac Hayes at Stax Records during the 1960s...
) – 3:08 - "Who Does Lisa Like?" – 2:54
- "Wildwood Saloon" – 4:00
- "Stay Awhile" (Michael Hawker, Ivor RaymondeIvor RaymondeIvor Raymonde was a British musician, songwriter, arranger and actor, best known for his distinctive rock-orchestral arrangements for Dusty Springfield and others in the 1960s.-Life and career:...
) – 3:04 - "Suspended Animation" – 3:09
- "It's So Different Here" – 2:45
- "Cuckoo Clock" – 2:45
- "Pin a Medal on Mary" (Will BirchWill BirchWill Birch is an English music journalist, songwriter, record producer and drummer.-Career:Birch played drums in various bands in the Southend area before helping to form The Kursaal Flyers in 1973...
, John Wicks) – 3:05 - "Girl With a Synthesizer" -
- "Stranger in the House" (Elvis CostelloElvis CostelloElvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
) – 4:05
Track listing (American version)
All tracks composed by Liam Sternberg; except where indicated- "B-A-B-Y" (Isaac HayesIsaac HayesIsaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
, David Porter) – 3:08 - "I Go to Pieces" (Del ShannonDel ShannonDel Shannon was an American rock and roll singer-songwriter who had a No. 1 hit, "Runaway", in 1961.- Biography :...
) – 2:42 - "Who Does Lisa Like?" – 2:54
- "Wildwood Saloon" – 4:00
- "Stay Awhile" (Michael Hawker, Ivor RaymondeIvor RaymondeIvor Raymonde was a British musician, songwriter, arranger and actor, best known for his distinctive rock-orchestral arrangements for Dusty Springfield and others in the 1960s.-Life and career:...
) – 3:04 - "Suspended Animation" – 3:09
- "Sad Song" (Ken Middler, Mason) – 2:52
- "It's So Different Here" – 2:45
- "Cuckoo Clock" – 2:45
- "Pin a Medal on Mary" (Will BirchWill BirchWill Birch is an English music journalist, songwriter, record producer and drummer.-Career:Birch played drums in various bands in the Southend area before helping to form The Kursaal Flyers in 1973...
, John Wicks) – 3:05 - "Stranger in the House" (Elvis CostelloElvis CostelloElvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
) – 4:05
Personnel
- Rachel Sweet - Vocals
- Lene LovichLene LovichLene Lovich is an American singer based in England, who first gained attention as part of the New Wave music scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Her most popular hit single was "Lucky Number", first released in 1979.-Early years:...
- Background vocals - Liam SternbergLiam SternbergLiam Sternberg is an American songwriter and producer best known for writing the Bangles hit "Walk Like an Egyptian". Sternberg first got noticed as part of the late '70s "Akron scene" which launched Devo and The Waitresses...
- ProducerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, songwriter - Dave Mackay - ProducerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
(Tracks 2 and 7) - Barrie Guard - ProducerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
(Tracks 2 and 7) - Bob Painter - Engineer, Recording
- Roger BechirianRoger BechirianRoger Béchirian is a noted engineer and record producer, a key player in the 70’s new wave scene best known for his work with Nick Lowe, Paul Carrack, Elvis Costello, The Undertones, Dave Edmunds, Squeeze, Trashcan Sinatras and more recently Bell X1....
- Engineer, Recording, Mixing - Buy Bidmead - Engineer, Recording, Mixing
- Charley Charles - Drums
- Mark Sugden - Drums, Percussion
- Norman Watt-RoyNorman Watt-RoyNorman Watt-Roy is the bassist for The Blockheads, previously known as Ian Dury & the Blockheads.In November 1954 the Watt-Roy family, including Norman, his older brother Garth and his sister, moved to England...
- BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Pietro Nardini - BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, Guitar, KeyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Mickey Gallagher - Piano
- Brinsley SchwarzBrinsley Schwarz (musician)Brinsley Ernst Pieter Schwarz is an English guitarist and rock musician. He formed a band named Kippington Lodge in 1965, which evolved into the eponymous band Brinsley Schwarz...
- Guitar - Lia Sweet - Percussion
- Dick Hanson - Trumpet
- Ray Bevis - Tenor Saxophone
- John "Irish" Earle - Baritone Saxophone
- Paul Gillieron - Soprano Saxophone, Pennywhistle
- Chris Glover - Trombone