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Read My Lips (Tim Curry album)

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Read My Lips
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 14, 1978
GenreRock
Length38:52
LabelA&M
ProducerBob Ezrin
Tim Curry chronology
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
(1975)
Read My Lips
(1978)
Fearless
(1979)

Read My Lips is the debut solo album by Tim Curry, released in 1978.[1] It was produced by Bob Ezrin with Michael Kamen as the associate producer. The opening track "Birds of a Feather" had already appeared a year earlier in 1977, performed by its composers Carole Pope and Kevan Staples on Rough Trade Live! Direct to Disc, the debut album of their band Rough Trade. The song "Sloe Gin" was covered by Joe Bonamassa in 2007 on his album of the same title.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Track listing

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Side A

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  1. "Birds of a Feather" (Carole Pope, Kevan Staples) - 4:07
  2. "Wake Nicodemus" (Henry Clay Work, originally published in 1864) - 4:37
  3. "I Will" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 3:41
  4. "Brontosaurus" (Roy Wood) - 4:38
  5. "Alan" (Tony Kosinec) - 4:25

Side B

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  1. "All I Want" (Joni Mitchell) - 4:24
  2. "Sloe Gin" (Bob Ezrin, Michael Kamen) - 5:25
  3. "Harlem on My Mind" (Irving Berlin) - 3:51
  4. "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:44

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Sokol, Tony (3 February 2013). "Tim Curry, a career retrospective". Den of Geek. Retrieved 23 May 2023.