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Read My Lips (Tim Curry album)

Read My Lips is the debut solo album by Tim Curry, released in 1978. It was produced by Bob Ezrin with Michael Kamen as the associate producer. The opening track "Birds of a Feather" had already appeared a year earlier in 1977, performed by its composers Carole Pope and Kevan Staples on Rough Trade Live! Direct to Disc, the debut album of their band Rough Trade. The song "Sloe Gin" was covered by Joe Bonamassa in 2007 on his album of the same title.

Track listing
Side A • "Birds of a Feather" (Carole Pope, Kevan Staples) - 4:07 • "Wake Nicodemus" (Henry Clay Work, originally published in 1864) - 4:37 • "I Will" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 3:41 • "Brontosaurus" (Roy Wood) - 4:38 • "Alan" (Tony Kosinec) - 4:25 Side B • "All I Want" (Joni Mitchell) - 4:24 • "Sloe Gin" (Bob Ezrin, Michael Kamen) - 5:25 • "Harlem on My Mind" (Irving Berlin) - 3:51 • "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:44 ==Personnel==
Personnel
Tim Curry - vocalsDick Wagner - lead and rhythm guitarNils Lofgren - accordion • Tony Kosinec - acoustic guitarBob Babbitt - bass guitar • Charles Collins, Allan Schwartzberg - drumsJohn Tropea - rhythm guitar • Robin Millar - rhythm guitar, mandolinDon Frank Brooks (Don F Brooks) - harmonica • Lee Michaels - keyboardsMichael Kamen - keyboards, arrangements • Bob Ezrin - keyboards, percussion, backing vocals, arrangements • Jimmy Maelen - percussion • Ernie Watts - saxophoneMax Kaminsky - trumpetJoe Venuti - violinRudy Toth - cimbalomThe Regimental Pipes And Drums of the 48th Highlanders of Canada • Brooks Hunnicutt, Dennis Tufano - backing vocals • Elizabeth Lennard - photography == References ==
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