Warm and Cool explained

Warm and Cool
Type:Album
Artist:Tom Verlaine
Cover:Warm and Cool.jpg
Released:1992, 2005
Studio:Acoustilog, New York
Genre:Instrumental rock
Label:Rykodisc (1992),[1] Thrill Jockey (2005)[2]
Producer:Tom Verlaine
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Warm and Cool is a solo album by the American musician Tom Verlaine, released in 1992.[3] [4] It was his first entirely instrumental recording.[5]

Production

The album was produced by Verlaine.[6] It was engineered by Mario Salvati at Acoustilog, in New York City. Patrick Derivaz and Billy Ficca played bass and drums, respectively, on the majority of the tracks.[7] It was recorded over two nights, primarily because Verlaine wanted to play with Ficca.[8] "Harley Quinn" was recorded with Fred Smith and Jay Dee Daugherty.[9]

Critical reception

Stereo Review wrote that the album "finds Verlaine exploring new avenues of expression on the guitar, applying a thinking postmodern rocker's minimalism, a jazzman's improvisational skill, and a vintage Fifties guitarist's predilection for reverb and twang."[10] The Vancouver Sun opined that it "never really takes off; there are a couple of nice moody bits."

The Washington Post considered "much of it [to be] cool, spare neo-rockabilly with a Henry Mancini twist."[11] The Calgary Herald noted that the guitar can sound "like Ry Cooder meets Angelo Badalamenti in a garage just off New York`s Central Park." The Houston Chronicle called Warm and Cool "maybe the first urban New Age album."[12]

Track listing

All songs written by Tom Verlaine.

Rykodisc issue 1992

  1. "Those Harbor Lights"
  2. "Sleepwalkin'"
  3. "The Deep Dark Clouds"
  4. "Space Crash"
  5. "Depot (1951)"
  6. "Boulevard"
  7. "Harley Quinn"
  8. "Sor Juanna"
  9. "Depot (1957)"
  10. "Spiritual"
  11. "Little Dance"
  12. "Ore"
  13. "Depot (1958)"
  14. "Lore"

Thrill Jockey issue 2005

  1. "Those Harbor Lights"
  2. "Sleepwalkin'"
  3. "The Deep Dark Clouds"
  4. "Saucer Crash"
  5. "Depot (1951)"
  6. "Boulevard"
  7. "Harley Quinn"
  8. "Sor Juanna"
  9. "Depot (1957)"
  10. "Spiritual"
  11. "Little Dance"
  12. "Ore"
  13. "Depot (1958)"
  14. "Lore"
  15. "Old Car"
  16. "Ancient"
  17. "Asmileyfallsapart"
  18. "Avanti"
  19. "Early Waltz"
  20. "Please Keep Going"
  21. "Tontootempo"
  22. "A Film of Flowers"

Personnel

Technical

Notes and References

  1. Woodard . Josef . Warm and Cool by Tom Verlaine . DownBeat . Jun 1992 . 59 . 6 . 50.
  2. Web site: Warm and Cool. www.thrilljockey.com.
  3. News: Music . Newsday . 23 Mar 1992 . Part II . 36.
  4. Warm and Cool by Tom Verlaine . Melody Maker . May 16, 1992 . 68 . 20 . 32.
  5. Web site: TOM VERLAINE. Parry. Gettelman. OrlandoSentinel.com.
  6. Warm and Cool by Tom Verlaine . Billboard . Apr 25, 1992 . 104 . 17 . 47.
  7. News: Levesque . Roger . Warm and Cool . Edmonton Journal . 1 Feb 1993 . E5.
  8. News: Harris . Paul A. . Nostalgia Ticks Him Off . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . 26 Feb 1993 . 4F.
  9. News: Carroll . Tomm . On vinyl . Daily Breeze . May 1, 1992 . E13.
  10. Warm and Cool by Tom Verlaine . Stereo Review . Jun 1992 . 57 . 6 . 89.
  11. News: Jenkins . Mark . The Punk Nightclub Time Won't Forget . The Washington Post . 3 July 1992 . N14.
  12. News: Racine . Marty . Verlaine's all-instrumental... . Houston Chronicle . April 12, 1992 . Zest . 9.

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