Come as You Are (album) explained

Come As You Are
Type:	Album
Artist:	Peter Wolf
Cover:	Peter Wolf - Come As You Are.jpg
Alt:	A black-and-white photo of a nude man's bust, wearing an elaborate mask, with his arms folded across his chest
Released:	March 20, 1987
Studio:	Syncro Sound (Boston) Hit Factory (New York City)
Genre:	Rock
Length:	39:56
Label:	EMI America
Producer:	Peter Wolf, Eric Thorngren
Prev Title:	Lights Out
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Up to No Good
Next Year:	1990

Come As You Are is the second solo album by Peter Wolf, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). "Come As You Are" was a major hit for Wolf, peaking at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for one week.

The music video for "Come As You Are" is based on Bobby Van's memorable "street dance" from Small Town Girl. In the video, Peter Wolf hops around a 1950s small town similar to the one in the movie, and he passes a poster for Small Town Girl as a direct reference to the inspiration for the video.

Track listing

All tracks written by Peter Wolf, except where noted.

1. "Can't Get Started" – 3:01
2. "Love on Ice" (Wolf, Tim Mayer) – 4:12
3. "Thick as Thieves" (Wolf, Tim Mayer) – 2:59
4. "Blue Avenue" (Wolf, Mayer, Barry Goldberg) – 4:06
5. "Wind Me Up" – 2:49
6. "Come as You Are" (Wolf, Mayer) – 2:43
7. "Flame of Love" – 4:16
8. "Mamma Said" (Wolf, Michael Jonzun) – 4:04
9. "Magic Moon" – 3:39
10. "2 Lane" – 3:23
11. "Run Silent Run Deep" (Wolf, Tim Mayer) – 4:39

Personnel

• Peter Wolf – vocals, backing vocals
• Tommy Mandel – keyboards
• Victor LeComer – keyboards
• John Songdahl – keyboards
• Jeff Golub – guitars
• Skip McDonald – guitars
• Jim Gregory – bass
• Doug Wimbish – bass
• Bobby Chouinard – drums
• Steve Scales – percussion
• Arno Hecht – horns
• John Turi – horns
• Lani Groves – backing vocals
• Frank Simms – backing vocals
• George Simms – backing vocals
• Bird Taylor – backing vocals
• Buck Taylor – backing vocals

Technical personnel

• Peter Wolf – producer
• Eric "ET" Thorngren – producer, recording, mixing
• Gary Wright – recording assistant
• Marc Cobrin – mix assistant
• Jack Skinner – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
• Henry Marquez – art direction
• Janet Perr – art direction, design
• Annie Leibovitz – photography

Commercial uses

After its July 1990 acquisition by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, the Brazilian television channel Rede Record used the song "Come as You Are" in a clip. The same song was used in a documentary about 40 years of Brazilian TV, September 18, 1990, from TV Cultura of São Paulo.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Pedro . Janov. 40 anos de TV: a história da Record 1990. Youtube. 6 August 2016.