Life in Exile After Abdication

Life in Exile After Abdication
Studio album by Maureen Tucker
Released 1989
Recorded March 1988 at Noise, New York
June – October 1988 at Mirror Image, Gainesville, Florida.
Genre Alternative pop, Rock, Post-punk
Label 50 Skidillion Watts
Producer Maureen Tucker
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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 second album by Maureen Tucker, released in 1989. Rather than performing 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.

Track listing

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.

Personnel

Release history