Martinis and Bikinis

Martinis and Bikinis is the seventh (studio) album from American singer-songwriter Sam Phillips.

The photographs included in this album's artwork reportedly led to Phillips' role as a mute terrorist in the film, Die Hard with a Vengeance.

Track listing

All songs by Sam Phillips, except "Same Rain" and "Same Changes" by Sam Phillips and T-Bone Burnett. "Gimme Some Truth" by John Lennon.

1. "Love and Kisses" - :56
2. "Signposts" – 2:19
3. "Same Rain" – 4:11
4. "Baby, I Can't Please You" – 3:30
5. "Circle Of Fire" – 3:12
6. "Strawberry Road" – 4:05
7. "When I Fall" – 5:07
8. "Same Changes"– 4:44
9. "Black Sky" – 4:03
10. "Fighting With Fire" – 3:00
11. "I Need Love" – 3:39
12. "Wheel Of The Broken Voice" – 4:00
13. "Gimme Some Truth" – 3:27

Personnel

• Sam Phillips on Vocals
• T Bone Burnett
• Mickey Curry
• David Mansfield
• Colin Moulding
• Jerry Scheff

Additional musicians

• Michael Blair
• Peter Buck
• Marvin Etzioni
• Dan Heffington
• Stephen Hodges
• Van Dyke Parks
• Marc Ribot
• Larry Taylor
• Benmont Tench
• Strings on "Baby I Can't Please You" arranged by Van Dyke Parks.
• The Sid Page Strings are: Sid Page, Joel Derouin, Robert Becker, and Larry Corbett.

Production notes

• Produced by T Bone Burnett, except "Baby, I Can't Please You" produced by TBone Burnett and Colin Moulding.
• Recorded by Joe Schiff.
• Additional Engineering by Neal Avron.
• Mixed by Tchad Blake, assisted by John Paterno.
• Assistant engineers: Jim Champagne, David Eike, David Brock, Doug Diamond, Noel Hazen, Tom Nellen, Howard Willing, and Bobby Salcedo.
• Recorded at Groove Masters, Kiva West, Ocean Way Recorders, Record One, Sunset Sound, Sunset Sound Factory.
• Mixed at Sound Factory.