Read My Lips is the debut solo studio album by the English actor and singer Tim Curry, released on 14 April 1978 by A&M Records. It is primarily an album of cover versions, and was produced by Bob Ezrin with Michael Kamen as the associate producer.
The opening track "Birds of a Feather" had already appeared a year earlier in 1977, performed by its composers Carole Pope and Kevan Staples on Rough Trade Live! Direct to Disc, the debut album of their band Rough Trade. The song "Sloe Gin" was written for Curry by Ezrin and Kamen, and later covered by Joe Bonamassa in 2007 on his album of the same title.
Track listing Side A "Birds of a Feather" (Carole Pope, Kevan Staples) – 4:07 "Wake Nicodemus" (Henry Clay Work, originally published in 1864) – 4:37 "I Will" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:41 "Brontosaurus" (Roy Wood) – 4:38 "Alan" (Tony Kosinec) – 4:25
Side B "All I Want" (Joni Mitchell) – 4:24 "Sloe Gin" (Bob Ezrin, Michael Kamen) – 5:25 "Harlem on My Mind" (Irving Berlin) – 3:51 "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:44
Personnel Tim Curry – vocals Dick Wagner – lead and rhythm guitar Nils Lofgren – accordion Tony Kosinec – acoustic guitar Bob Babbitt – bass guitar Charles Collins, Allan Schwartzberg – drums John Tropea – rhythm guitar Robin Millar – rhythm guitar, mandolin Don Frank Brooks (Don F Brooks) – harmonica Lee Michaels – keyboards Michael Kamen – keyboards, arrangements Bob Ezrin – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals, arrangements Jimmy Maelen – percussion Ernie Watts – saxophone Max Kaminsky – trumpet Joe Venuti – violin Rudy Toth – cimbalom The Regimental Pipes And Drums of the 48th Highlanders of Canada Brooks Hunnicutt, Dennis Tufano - backing vocals Elizabeth Lennard – photography
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