| The Wonder | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Tom Verlaine |
| Cover: | The Wonder (album).jpg |
| Released: | 1990 |
| Genre: | Post-punk |
| Label: | Fontana (UK) |
| Producer: | Tom Verlaine, Fred Smith, John Jansen on "August" and "Shimmer" |
| Prev Title: | Flash Light |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Title: | Warm and Cool |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
The Wonder is the sixth studio album by rock artist Tom Verlaine. It was released in 1990 on Fontana Records. The album was engineered by Mario Salvati and mixed by Tom Verlaine and Fred Smith except side 1 tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 and side 2 track 1 mixed by Julian Mendelsohn.
Recorded after a three year break, The Wonder featured Verlaine using a more affected singing style, described by Allmusic’s David Cleary as "an oily manner...suggesting a smarmy Bryan Ferry" (Ferry was the lead singer of Roxy Music).[1] Verlaine also used the guitarist of The Church Marty Willson-Piper uncredited to fill out the guitar sound on the album.[2] Willson-Piper recalls playing on "Stalingrad" with Jay Dee Daugherty, who also wasn't credited. Additionally, Deerfrance provides vocals on "Prayer."[3] [4]
All songs written by Tom Verlaine