Life in Exile After Abdication

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Life in Exile After Abdication
Life in Exile After Abdication cover
Studio album by Maureen Tucker
Released 1989
Recorded March 1988 at Noise, New York
June – October 1988 at Mirror Image, Gainsville, Florida.
Genre Alternative pop, Rock, Post-punk
Label 50 Skidillion Watts
Producer(s) Maureen Tucker
Professional reviews
Maureen Tucker chronology
Moejadkatebarry
(1987)		 Life in Exile After Abdication
(1989)		 I Spent a Week There the Other Night (1991)


Life in Exile after Abdication is the 1989 sophomore album by Maureen Tucker. Rather than peforming all of the instruments herself, as on her debut album, Tucker is accompanied by performers such as Lou Reed, Jad Fair, Daniel Johnston and members of Sonic Youth.

[edit] Tracklisting

All tracks written by Maureen Tucker except where noted.

  1. "Hey Mersh!" – 3:16
  2. "Spam Again" – 5:25
  3. "Goodnight Irene" (Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax) – 2:29
  4. "Chase" (all players and Maureen Tucker) – 8:07
  5. "Andy" – 5:08
  6. "Work" – 3:38
  7. "Pale Blue Eyes" (Lou Reed) – 6:44
  8. "Bo Diddley" (Ellas McDaniel) – 5:07
  9. "Talk So Mean" – 4:59
  10. "Do it Right" (Jad Fair, Daniel Johnston) – 3:10
  11. "Guess I'm Falling In Love" (Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker)
  12. "Baby What You Want Me To Do" (Jimmy Reed)
  13. "Why Don't You Smile Now?" (Lou Reed, John Cale, Vance, Phillips)
  14. "Hey, Mr. Rain" (Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker)

Tracks 11 – 14 are bonus tracks from Moejadkatebarry and only appear on the Rev-Ola reissue.

[edit] Personnel

  • Maureen Tucker - guitar, percussion, piano, drums, vocals, production, mixing
  • Barry Stock – bass
  • Jad Fair – guitar, percussion, cymbals, background vocals
  • Kate Messer – acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, electric guitar, percussion, conga, background vocals
  • Hank Beckmeyer – bass, guitar, percussion, background vocals, slide guitar
  • Lou Reed – guitar on tracks 1 and 7
  • Kim Gordon – bass, percussion, background vocals
  • Thurston Moore – guitar
  • Steve Shelley – drums
  • Lee Renaldo – guitar
  • Don Fleming – background vocals
  • Daniel Johnston – piano, vocals
  • Scott Jarvis – drums, background vocals
  • Ann Marie Ear – piano
  • Rob Elk – background vocals
  • M. Kostek – percussion
  • Joe Martinelli – percussion, drums, background vocals

[edit] Release history

  • LP/CS, 50 Skidillion Watts MOE 7, US, March 1989
  • CD, 50 Skidillion Watts MOE 7-2, US, March 1989
  • CD, 50 Skidillion Watts-Boudisque MOE 7-2, Germany
  • CD, Rev-Ola CREV 011CD, UK, 1993
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