Sweet Revenge (David Johansen album)

Sweet Revenge
Studio album by David Johansen
Released	1984
Genre	Rock
Length	37:29
Label	Passport Records
Producer	David Johansen, Davitt Sigerson, Joe Delia, Michael Zilkha
David Johansen chronology
Live It Up (1982) Sweet Revenge (1984) Buster Poindexter (1987)

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Sweet Revenge is a 1984 album released by David Johansen and the only Johansen album to be released on the Passport Records label. Following Sweet Revenge, Johansen switched his music career into his alter-ego, Buster Poindexter. For the next fifteen years, Buster Poindexter would remain in the forefront of Johansen's music career.

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Johansen and Joe Delia; except where indicated:

1. "Heard The News"
2. "Big Trouble"
3. "I Ain't Workin' Anymore"
4. "King Of Babylon" (David Johansen, Joe Delia, Danny Toan)
5. "Sweet Revenge"
6. "Too Many Midnights"
7. "In My Own Time"
8. "The Stinkin' Rich" (David Johansen, Joe Delia, Brett Cartwright)
9. "N.Y. Doll"

Personnel

• David Johansen – vocals
• Patti Scialfa – background vocals
• Dave Nelson – guitar, Roland synthesizer, background vocals
• Neil Jason – bass
• Joe Delia – keyboards, programming
• Soozie Kirschner – background vocals
• Brett Cartwright – bass, background vocals
• Dennis McDermott – drums
• Steve Thornton – percussion
• Jimmy Ripp – guitar
• Artie Kaplan – saxophone
• Rocky Savino, Jr. – harmonica
• Peter Laurence Gordon – saxophone
• Stephen Bray – drums
• Dennis McDermott – background vocals
• April Lang – background vocals
• "Big" Jay McNeely – saxophone