Turtle Island (album)

Turtle Island is the first solo album by Paul Hyde of the Payola$, released in 1989 by Capitol/EMI on LP, cassette and Compact Disc.

Track listing

All songs written by Paul Hyde, except as noted.

Side 1

1. "What Am I Supposed to Do?" (Hyde/Nelson)
2. "Golden Years" (Hyde/Nelson)
3. "What Would Elvis Do?"
4. "Love is All"
5. "Away Away"
6. "Happy Train" (Hyde/Nelson/May/Saunders)

Side 2

1. "America is Sexy"
2. "The Cloths of Heaven (You're Walking on My Dreams)" (Hyde, W.B. Yeats)
3. "Is This How Lovers Drown?" (Hyde/Nelson)
4. "Tennis Anyone?"
5. "A Man Who Knows Too Much"
6. "Jesus of the Barroom" (Hyde/Nelson)

Personnel

• Paul Hyde: vocals, guitars, keyboards, melodica
• Terry Bozzio: drums
• David Faragher: bass
• Jef Scott: bass, guitars, vocals
• Geoffrey Kelly: bodhran
• Jay Coot: noise
• Joani Bye, Rachelle Paiment: vocals on "Love is All" and "America is Sexy"
• Gail Hamilton: vocals on "America is Sexy"
• Myriam Nelson: vocals on "What Am I Supposed to Do?", "Happy Train", "America is Sexy" and "Is This How Lovers Drown?"
• Ani Kyd: back-up vocals on "Love Is All", and "Happy Train"