So Alone

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So Alone
So Alone cover
Studio album by Johnny Thunders
Released 1978
Recorded 1978
Genre Punk
Length 46:32
Label Real Music (UK)
Sire Records (U.S.A.)
Producer(s) Steve Lillywhite,
Joe McEwen,
Ira Robbins,
Johnny Thunders
Professional reviews
Johnny Thunders chronology
L.A.M.F.
(w/ The Heartbreakers)
(1977)		 So Alone
(1978)		 Live at Max's Kansas City
(w/ The Heartbreakers)
(1979)


So Alone is a 1978 album by Johnny Thunders, former guitarist for the New York Dolls.

After recording one album, L.A.M.F., with his backing band the Heartbreakers, Thunders dropped most of them (Heartbreakers guitarist Walter Lure and bassist Billy Rath remained) and proceeded to release his first true solo album, So Alone. The album featured several already well-known musicians, including Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders and Steve Marriott of the Small Faces.

Interestingly, Paul Cook and Steve Jones of the essentially disbanded Sex Pistols were also featured, despite the appearance of the track "London Boys" on the album (a clear attack on the Sex Pistols and British punk, and response to the band's "New York").

So Alone is generally considered to be Thunders' masterpiece. Some critics feel the quality of his work dropped after the release of the album.

[edit] Track listing

  • All tracks written by Johnny Thunders, except where noted.
  1. "Pipeline" (Carman, Spickard)
  2. "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory"
  3. "Great Big Kiss" (Catside, Parsons, Tate)
  4. "Ask Me No Questions"
  5. "Leave Me Alone"
  6. "Daddy Rollin' Stone" (Blackwell)
  7. "London Boys" (Lure, Rath, Thunders)
  8. "(She's So) Untouchable"
  9. "Subway Train" (Johansen, Thunders)
  10. "Downtown" (Johansen, Thunders)

[edit] CD release bonus tracks

  • Tracks included upon 1992 release on CD:
  1. "Dead or Alive"
  2. "Hurtin'" (Paul, Thunders)
  3. "So Alone"
  4. "Wizard" (Bolan)

[edit] Personnel

  • Johnny Thunders - guitar, vocals, producer
  • Paul Cook - drums
  • John Earle - saxophone
  • Paul Gray - bass, drums
  • Chrissie Hynde - vocals
  • Steve Jones - guitar
  • Koulla Kakoulli - vocals
  • Mike Kellie - drums
  • Steve Lillywhite - piano, keyboards, producer, engineer
  • Walter Lure - guitar
  • Phil Lynott - bass, vocals
  • Steve Marriott - harmonica, piano, keyboards, vocals
  • Joe McEwan - producer
  • Steve Nicol - drums
  • Patti Palladin - vocals
  • Henri Paul - guitar
  • Peter Perrett - guitar, vocals
  • Billy Rath - bass
  • Peter Gravelle - photography
  • Molly Reeve-Morrison - project coordinator
  • Lee Herschberg - remastering
  • Ira Robbins - producer, liner notes
  • Bill Smith - art direction, design
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