Big Swing Face

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Big Swing Face
Big Swing Face cover
Studio album by Bruce Hornsby (Bruce Hornsby & the Noise Makers)
Released 2002
Genre Rock
Jazz
Label RCA Records
Producer David Bendeth
Professional reviews
Bruce Hornsby (Bruce Hornsby & the Noise Makers) chronology
Here Come The Noise Makers
(2000)
Big Swing Face
(2002)
Halcyon Days
(2004)

Bruce Hornsby's eighth album, and seventh studio album, is titled Big Swing Face. This would be Hornsby's first studio album with his current band, Bruce Hornsby & the Noise Makers, although the album is technically a solo-credit. This album is Hornsby's only record on which he does not play piano, and this album would be his final release with RCA Records.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Bruce Hornsby, except where noted.
  1. "Sticks & Stones"
  2. "Cartoons & Candy" (Hornsby, Morganfield)
  3. "The Chill"
  4. "Big Swing Face"
  5. "This Too Shall Pass"
  6. "Try Anything Once" (Hornsby, Bendeth)
  7. "Take Out the Trash"
  8. "The Good Life"
  9. "So Out"
  10. "No Home Training" (Hornsby, Hill)
  11. "Place Under the Sun"

[edit] Musicians

  • Bruce Hornsby - keyboards, vocals
  • Doug Derryberry - guitar (tracks 3, 9, 11), vocals (track 5)
  • J. V. Collier - bass (tracks 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 11)
  • Bobby Read - bass clarinet (tracks 7, 11)
  • J. T. Thomas - organ (track 10)
  • Michael Baker - drums (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10)
  • Bonny Bonaparte - drums (tracks 3, 9, 10)
  • Steve Kimock - guitar solos (tracks 3, 4, 5)
  • Joe Lee - background vocals (track 9)
  • Floyd Hill - background vocals (track 10)
  • David Bendeth - guitars, organ (track 11), bass (tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11), drum fills (tracks 7, 10)
  • Wayne Pooley - additional talking (track 7)
  • Jeff Juliano - additional talking (track 7)
  • Taso Kotsas - drum programming