Repercussion (album)

Stamey and Peter Holsapple, the band's dual singers/guitarists, each ended up contributing six songs on the album. As was the case on their debut, Stamey's songs veered towards more experimental melodies and rhythms, while Holsapple's songs were more traditionally in a pop vein. Holsapple's composition "Amplifier" (about a suicidal man reflecting on how his significant other left him and took all his belongings, save for the titular object) became the band's lead single and also their first video. "Amplifier" was later rerecorded and included on the band's next album, Like This. The original version was later included on Rhino Records' box set ''Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground''. A video for the second single, "Neverland", was completed but went unreleased until the band uploaded it to their website in 2008. ==Reception==

Robert Palmer of The New York Times praised Repercussion, arguing that it proves "the excellence of the group's first album was no fluke" and that Repercussion was "a more consistent, more mature piece of work" than its predecessor. He then hailed the band as "one of the most resourceful and inventive pop-rock bands making records and performing," writing that "the dB's are out to prove that pop songs can carry as much emotional freight as hard rock or blues-based numbers, and they prove it brilliantly." ==Track listing==

Side 1 • "Living a Lie" – 3:26 (Peter Holsapple) • "We Were Happy There" – 2:39 (Holsapple) • "Happenstance" – 4:07 (Chris Stamey) • "From a Window" – 2:34 (Stamey) • "Amplifier" – 3:08 (Holsapple) • "Ask for Jill" – 2:33 (Stamey) Side 2 • "I Feel Good (Today)" – 4:28 (Stamey) • "Storm Warning" – 2:32 (Holsapple) • "Ups and Downs" – 3:03 (Stamey) • "Nothing Is Wrong" – 4:16 (Holsapple) • "In Spain" – 3:02 (Stamey) • "Neverland" – 2:46 (Holsapple) Different versions of the album have been reissued on CD with different bonus tracks, usually either Holsapple's instrumental B-side "PH Factor" or Stamey's "Soul Kiss". ==Personnel==

Personnel taken from the 1989 reissue liner notes. '''The dB's''' • Chris Stamey – guitar, vocals; piano on "Living a Lie" • Peter Holsapple – guitar, vocals, organ; tubular bells on "Ask for Jill", slide guitar on "In Spain" • Gene Holder – bass guitar • Will Rigby – drums; WASP synthesizer on "We Were Happy There" and "In Spain" Additional musicians • Andy Clark – additional keyboards • The Rumour Brass: • Chris Gower – trombone • Dick Hansen – trumpet • John "Irish" Earle – saxophones ==References==