Catholic Boy

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Catholic Boy
Studio album by The Jim Carroll Band
Released	1980
Recorded	???
Genre	Rock
Length	38:26
Label	Atco
Producer	Earl McGrath and Bob Clearmountain
Professional reviews
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The Jim Carroll Band chronology
Catholic Boy (1980) Dry Dreams (1982)

Catholic Boy (1980) is an album by The Jim Carroll Band. Carroll was notable for publishing a memoir, The Basketball Diaries, and poetry collections including Living at the Movies. It spawned two FM hits, "It's Too Late," in this case, "to fall in love with Sharon Tate," but more that it is too late to understand the attitudes of beautiful, rich and bored women. "People Who Died," is about friends of the singers who died before their time.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional personnel 3 Charts

[edit] Track listing

1. "Wicked Gravity" (Jim Carroll) – 4:56
2. "Three Sisters" (Carroll, Terrell Winn) – 3:19
3. "Day and Night" (Carroll, Allen Lanier) – 2:22
4. "Nothing Is True" (Carroll, Brian Linsley) – 3:29
5. "People Who Died" (Carroll) – 4:59
6. "City Drops into the Night" (Carroll, Steve Linsley, Brian Linsley) – 7:23
7. "Crow" (Carroll, Terrell Winn) – 3:02
8. "It's Too Late" (Carroll, Wayne Woods) – 3:04
9. "I Want the Angel" (Carroll, Brian Linsley) – 2:49
10. "Catholic Boy" (Carroll) – 3:03

[edit] Personnel

• Jim Carroll – vocals
• Brian Linsley – guitar
• Steve Linsley – bass
• Terrell Winn – guitar
• Wayne Woods – drums

[edit] Additional personnel

• Allen Lanier – keyboards on "Day and Night" & "I Want the Angel"
• Bobby Keys – saxophone on "City Drops into the Night"
• Amy Katner – vocal on "Day and Night"
• Sally, Hilary, Neon, Janet – backing vocals on "People Who Died"

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1981	Billboard Pop Albums	73