Squint (Steve Taylor album) explained

Squint
Type:	studio
Artist:	Steve Taylor
Cover:	SquintAlbum.JPG
Released:	1993
Genre:	Rock, CCM, hard rock, rock opera,^[1] reggae/ska
Length:	43:24
Label:	Warner Alliance
Producer:	Steve Taylor
Prev Title:	I Predict 1990
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Liver
Next Year:	1995

Squint is the fourth solo studio album by American singer/songwriter Steve Taylor, released in 1993 after his stint as lead singer of Chagall Guevara.^[1] It peaked at position 17 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Christian Album Chart. The most recent studio album released by Taylor as a solo artist, it was released to online music stores on November 16, 2018.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Taylor.

1. "The Lament of Desmond R.G. Underwood-Frederick IV" - 4:02
2. "Bannerman" - 3:14
3. "Smug" - 4:22
4. "Jesus Is for Losers" - 4:19
5. "The Finish Line" - 5:25
6. "The Moshing Floor" - 4:01
7. "Easy Listening" - 3:42
8. "Curses" - 3:55
9. "Sock Heaven" - 4:46
10. "Cash Cow (A Rock Opera In Three Small Acts)" - 5:38

Personnel

Some Band

• Steve Taylor - vocals
• Wade Jaynes - bass(es), guitar on Act III of "Cash Cow"
• Jerry McPherson - guitars
• Mike Mead - drums
• Phil Madeira - keyboards, slide guitar and sampled percussion on "Sock Heaven" and backwards slide on "Cash Cow," The Last Voice You Hear on "Smug"

Additional musicians

• George Bradfute - guitars on "The Lament...", left speaker guitar and solo on "The Moshing Floor", additional guitars on Act III of "Cash Cow"
• Dave Perkins - rhythm guitar on "Bannerman" (including that catchy riff)
• Carl Marsh - strings on "The Finish Line" and "The Moshing Floor"
• Eric Darken -percussion instruments, tambourine on "Easy Listening" and "The Finish Line"
• Russ Long - remaining tambourines, electronic drums on "Easy Listening"
• Donna McElroy - vocals on "Sock Heaven"

Production notes

• Produced and written by Steve Taylor.
• Engineered by Russ Long.
• Mixed by David Bryson, assisted by Matt Murman.
• Made at The Salt Mine, Nashville.
• Mixed at Different Fur, San Francisco.
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland.

Notes and References

1. Cummings . Tony . Reviews: Squint . . February 1994 . 19 .
2. Web site: Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/355070947991737/1154758968022927 . 2022-02-26 . limited. www.facebook.com. November 25, 2018.