The Wonder
Studio album by
Tom Verlaine
Released1990
GenrePost-punk
LabelFontana (UK)
ProducerTom Verlaine, Fred Smith, John Jansen on "August" and "Shimmer"
Tom Verlaine chronology
Flash Light
(1987)		 The Wonder
(1990)		 Warm and Cool
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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.

Recording

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).[2] Verlaine also used the guitarist of The Church Marty Willson-Piper uncredited to fill out the guitar sound on the album.[3] Willson-Piper recalls playing on "Stalingrad" with Jay Dee Daugherty, who also wasn't credited.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Tom Verlaine

Side one

  1. "Kaleidescopin'" - 3:27
  2. "August" - 5:22
  3. "Ancient Egypt" - 4:32
  4. "Shimmer" - 3:36
  5. "Stalingrad" - 3:25

Side two

  1. "Pillow" - 4:27
  2. "Storm" - 2:37
  3. "5 Hours from Calais" - 4:35
  4. "Cooleridge" - 4:17
  5. "Prayer" - 3:55

Personnel

Technical
  • Mario Salvati - engineer

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "The Wonder - Tom Verlaine | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ "Starfish".
  4. ↑ "The Wonder - Tom Verlaine, Television and Stuff: Just the Facts".


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