Words from the Front is Tom Verlaine's third solo album, released in 1982. It was issued on compact disc in 2008 by Collectors' Choice Music. Music videos were made for "Words from the Front" and "Clear It Away", directed by Ed Steinberg.
Critical reception
The Globe and Mail wrote that Verlaine's "shadowy, intense vignettes do cast a kind of spell, but there are few new developments here in the territory he has already mastered." The Boston Phoenix said that Words from the Front "is probably Verlaine’s weakest album, but it holds up."
Words from the Front was ranked among the top fifty "Albums of the Year" for 1982 by NME.
Track listing All songs written by Tom Verlaine
Side one "Present Arrived" – 5:17 "Postcard from Waterloo" – 3:32 "True Story" – 5:25 "Clear It Away" – 4:11
Side two "Words from the Front" – 6:42 "Coming Apart" – 2:59 "Days on the Mountain" – 8:55
Personnel Tom Verlaine – guitars, vocals Thommy Price – drums Jimmy Ripp – guitars Joe Vasta – bass
Additional personnel Fred Smith – bass on "Clear It Away" Jay Dee Daugherty – drums on "Clear It Away" Allan Schwartzberg – drums on "Days on the Mountain" Lene Lovich – saxophone on "Days on the Mountain", vocals on "Postcard from Waterloo" Technical Dave Jerden – mixing Michael Ewasko – engineer Rich Mahon – illustration Howard Rosenberg – photography
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