Cover is the fourth solo album by Tom Verlaine. It was released in 1984.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Tom Verlaine; except "Five Miles of You" composed with Jimmy Ripp "Five Miles of You" (4:20) "Travelling" (5:00) "O Foolish Heart" (4:28) "Lindi-Lu" (3:40) "Let Go the Mansion" (3:08) "Dissolve/Reveal" (4:41) "Miss Emily" (4:41) "Rotation" (4:11) "Swim" (4:31)
Personnel
Tom Verlaine - guitars, solos, vocals, synthesizer; drum machine on "O Foolish Heart", "Let Go the Mansion", "Dissolve/Reveal" and "Swim" Jimmy Ripp - guitars, bass on "Swim" Fred Smith - bass Bill Laswell - bass on "Miss Emily" Jay Dee Daugherty - drums on "Five Miles of You" and "Travelling" Allan Schwartzberg - drums on "Lindi-Lu", "Miss Emily" and "Rotation" Technical Ray Niznik, Michael Ewasko, Dave Jerden, Mario Salvati, Howard Gray, Steve Brown - engineers Jill Furmanovsky - photography
Charts
Reception
NME ranked it number 18 among the "Albums of the Year" for 1984.