Damaged Goods

CD Cat No: Essential Records   ESSCD337      16 October 1995
CD Cat No.  Pure Records           PURE 2230      1995       US
CD Cat No: Rykodisc                  RCD 10328       1995+     US / Canada

1	DAMAGED GOODS	03:45
2	ONLY FIVE MINUTES	05:28
3	ALONE	05:17
4	TRIP TO MARS	05:18
5	HERE FOR YOU	03:35
6	BLACK BOOKS	03:33
7	SETTING SUN	03:45
8	LIFE	03:08
9	HEAVY HATS	04:05
10	IN THE ROOM	04:31
11	NOTHIN'S FALLIN'	05:08
12	DON'T BE LATE FOR YESTERDAY	05:49
		53:22

All songs written by Nils Lofgren except Life (Nils/Lou Reed)

The Band:

Nils Lofgren: vocals, guitars, keyboards, accordion, percussion
Andy Newmark: drums. percussion
Roger Greenawalt: bass guitar, percussion, samples

with:
Branford Marsalis: saxophone on Only Five Minutes and Life

Harmony Vocals:
On Black Books: Paul Courtney, Janet M Jones, Parris Lane, Alton McClain Scarborough
On Trip To Mars: Tess Lofgren, Matt Lofgren, Molly Lofgren, Luke foster, Emmie Patterson, Meg Wood, Sarah Gunther, Kerri Lazar, Amanda Wallace, Allie Park, Amanda Hamlin, Jo Jo Kim, Tim Gerhold, Erica Taffs, Sally Patterson, Rudy 'Blah' Henkel

String Quartet:
On Damaged Goods, Only Five Minutes, Alone, Trip To Mars, Life, Heavy Hats and Nothin's Fallin'
Kim Miller: violin
Teri Lazar: violin
Marco Botelho: cello
Patricia Smith: viola

Produced, recorded and mixed by Roger Greenawalt with Michael Matouseki as production assistant

Recorded at Omega Recording Studios, Rockville, MD
Mixed at Quad Recording Studios, New York, NY
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, NY by Ted Jenson

Someone once said to me that their girlfriend, newly introduced to Nils' music, may not be ready for Damaged Goods yet! Can't agree less. Nils' music has been so diverse over the years that I think you have to take as much in as possible - you then appreciate what a genius this guy is. Sure it's different with vocals from a gravel pit and a sound as heavy as my partner's handbag but it is a truly innovative album. Difficult to pick out high points but the obvious one is Black Books which led to the acoustic version used in The Sopranos TV show. Personally I go for Trip to Mars - it has everything I like about Nils' music. The whole album is.....

Brilliant.........just go and buy it!

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