Benefactor (album)

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Benefactor
Benefactor cover
Studio album by Romeo Void
Released November 1982
Recorded 1981-1982
Genre New Wave
Length 38:04 (Benefactor)
20:23 (Never Say Never)
58:27 (total)
Label Columbia
Producer Ian Taylor
Ric Ocasek (Never Say Never)
Professional reviews
Romeo Void chronology
Never Say Never (EP)
(1982)		 Benefactor
(1982)		 Instincts
(1984)

Benefactor is the second studio album by American new wave band Romeo Void, released in 1982. It was released on CD in 2006 by Wounded Bird Records, with their Never Say Never EP as four bonus tracks. The first version of the song "Never Say Never" is a shorter, "clean" edit suitable for general radio broadcast.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Debora Iyall, Peter Woods, Frank Zincavage, Benjamin Bossi, and Larry Carter unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Never Say Never (edit)" – 3:27
  2. "Wrap It Up" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) – 3:15
  3. "Flashflood" – 4:55
  4. "Undercover Kept" – 6:05
  5. "Ventilation" – 3:55
  6. "Chinatown" – 3:18
  7. "Orange" – 4:15
  8. "Shake the Hands of Time" – 3:19
  9. "S.O.S." – 5:30

[edit] Bonus tracks (2006 reissue)

  1. "Never Say Never" – 6:06
  2. "In the Dark" – 4:33
  3. "Present Tense" – 5:47
  4. "Not Safe" – 3:57

[edit] Credits

[edit] Additional personnel

  • Walter Turbitt – guitar on 9
  • Marybeth O'Hara – backing vocals on 7
  • Norman Salant – saxophone on 7

[edit] Charts

Album

Item Year Chart Position
Never Say Never (EP) 1982 Pop Albums 147
Benefactor 1982 Pop Albums 119