Based on a True Story (The Del-Lords album)
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Production
Recorded in Los Angeles, the album cost $120,000.[4] It was produced by Neil Giraldo.[5] Pat Benatar duetted with Scott Kempner on "Poem of the River".[6]
Critical reception
Template:Music ratings The Washington Post wrote that "Kempner spreads on the working-class persona a little thick at times, but this is still the equal of any previous Del-Lords set."[7] The Toronto Star deemed the album "a rip-snorting, noisy, trashy little garage opus."[8]
The Chicago Tribune determined that "the album, energy and polish notwithstanding, emerges as a good but not great package with a faintly 'generic' feel."[9] The New York Times concluded that "the straightforward, stomping rock songs on the band's third album ... insist on independent thinking and truthfulness."[10]
Track listing
All songs written by Scott Kempner.
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Personnel
- The Del-Lords
- Scott Kempner – lead vocals, guitar
- Eric Ambel – guitar, vocals, keyboards on "The Cool and the Crazy" and "River of Justice", lead vocals on "Judas Kiss" and "A Lover's Prayer"
- Manny Caiati – bass guitar, vocals
- Frank Funaro – drums, vocals
- Additional musicians and production
- Scotty Bem – gong
- Pat Benatar – backing vocals on "Judas Kiss" & "Poem of the River"
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Spyder Curtis James – keyboards on "Judas Kiss", "Poem of the River" and "Ashes to Ashes"
- Frank Linx – vocals on "Cheyenne", "Whole Lotta Nothin' Goin' On", "A Lover's Prayer", "Judas Kiss" and "River of Justice"
- Rev. Mojo Nixon – sermon on "River of Justice"
- Johnny Powers – harp on "River of Justice" and "A Lover's Prayer"
- Kevin Savigar – keyboards on "Whole Lotta Nothin' Goin' On" and "Poem of the River"
- Kim Shattuck & Karen Blankfeld of The Pandoras – vocals on "The Cool and the Crazy"
- Syd Straw – backing vocals on "Judas Kiss", "River of Justice" and "Ashes to Ashes"
- Gordon Fordyce – engineer
- Michael Frondelli – mixing
- Neil Geraldo – production
- Assistant engineers: Bill Cooper, Angus Davidson, Scott E. Gordon
References
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