Meltdown (Steve Taylor album)

Meltdown
Studio album by Steve Taylor
Released	1984
Recorded	Sundberg Studios (Denver, Colorado)
Genre	New Wave/Rock
Length	43:00 (album) 54:15 (CD)
Label	Sparrow Records
Producer	Jonathan David Brown
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Steve Taylor chronology
I Want To Be A Clone (1982) Meltdown (1984) On The Fritz (1985)

Meltdown is the title of the second album by singer/songwriter Steve Taylor.

This album was listed at #18 in the book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Meltdown (at Madame Tussaud's)" – 4:26
2. "We Don't Need No Colour Code" – 2:43
3. "Am I In Sync?" – 4:32
4. "Meat the Press" – 3:48
5. "Over My Dead Body" – 5:21

Side two

1. "Sin For a Season" – 4:14
2. "Guilty By Association" – 3:21
3. "Hero" – 3:40
4. "Jenny" – 4:04
5. "Baby Doe" – 3:51

The CD was issued more than a year after the vinyl and cassette versions. It was entitled Meltdown and Meltdown Remixes and was also released on Sparrow Records.

"Baby Doe" was a vocal response to the early 1980 incidents involving the deaths of handicapped newborns that resulted from the withholding of medical treatment.

"We Don't Need No Colour Code" challenged and ridiculed the racial policies of Bob Jones University among others.

CD track listing

1. "Meltdown (at Madame Tussaud's)" – 4:26
2. "We Don't Need No Colour Code" – 2:43
3. "Am I In Sync?" – 4:32
4. "Meat the Press" – 3:48
5. "Over My Dead Body" – 5:21
6. "Meltdown (at Madame Tussaud's)" [extended version - remix] – 6:24
7. "Sin For a Season" – 4:14
8. "Guilty By Association" – 3:21
9. "Hero" – 3:40
10. "Jenny" – 4:04
11. "Baby Doe" – 3:51
12. "Meltdown (at Madame Tussaud's)" [instrumental extended version - remix] – 4:29
13. "Meltdown (at Madame Tussaud's)" [edited version - remix] – 3:35

Some Band

• Steve Taylor: Vocals and backup percussion
• Kerry Conner: Guitars
• Cactus Moser: Drums
• Chris Richards: Bass:
• Dave Thrush: Sax
• Harry Bruckner: Bass Guitar on "Whatcha"
• Woody Waddell: Keyboards (including the Mighty Farsifa)

Production notes

• Written and arranged by Steve Taylor.
• Produced and engineered by Jonathan David Brown.
• Recorded at Sundberg Studios, Denver, Colorado.
• Mixed at Mama Jo's, North. Hollywood, California.
• Mastered at Future Disc, Universal City.
• Cover and Everything Artsy by The Graphics Studio.
• Photography by Greg Wigler.
• Cover Coordination by B. Charlyne Hinesley.