Buster Poindexter (album)

Buster Poindexter
Studio album by Buster Poindexter
Released	July 7, 1987
Length	40:19
Label	RCA
Producer	Hank Medress
Buster Poindexter chronology
Sweet Revenge (1984) Buster Poindexter (1987) Buster Goes Berserk (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Rolling Stone	(positive) link
The Village Voice	B+ link

Buster Poindexter is an eponymous album released by RCA Records in 1987 by Buster Poindexter, the alter ego of New York Dolls frontman David Johansen. Johansen re-recorded the track "Heart of Gold" as Buster Poindexter, which originally appeared on Johansen's 1981 solo album Here Comes the Night. The song "Hot Hot Hot" was a Billboard single and received heavy play on MTV.

Track listing

1. "Smack Dab in the Middle" - 3:52 (Chuck Calhoun, Michael Mains)
2. "Bad Boy" - 3:07 (Avon Long, Lil Hardin Armstrong)
3. "Hot Hot Hot" - 4:07 (Alphonsus "Arrow" Cassell)
4. "Are You Lonely for Me, Baby?" - 3:38 (Bert Berns)
5. "Screwy Music" - 3:17 (Jimmie Lunceford)
6. "Good Morning Judge" - 3:37 (Louis Innis, Wynonie Harris)
7. "Oh Me, Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)" - 3:52 (Jim Doris)
8. "Whadaya Want?" - 2:44 (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
9. "House of the Rising Sun" - 3:40 (Traditional; credited to Josh White; Terry Holmes)
10. "Cannibal" - 4:45 (David Johansen, Joe Delia)
11. "Heart of Gold" - 4:40 (David Johansen)

Personnel

Buster Poindexter and His Banshees of Blue

• Buster Poindexter - vocals
• Patti Scialfa - backing vocals
• Crispin Cioe - alto and baritone saxophone
• Joe Delia - organ, piano, horn arrangements
• Bob Funk - trombone
• Tony "Antoine Fats" Garnier - bass
• Carl Hall - backing vocals
• Arno Hecht - tenor saxophone
• "Hollywood" Paul Litteral - trumpet
• Brian Koonin - guitar, banjo, mandolin
• Lisa Lowell - backing vocals
• Tony Machine - drums (3rd drummer New York Dolls: 1976-77)
• Soozie Tyrell - violin, backing vocals
• Louise Bethune - backing vocals
• Fred Wolcott - percussion
• Larry Poindexter - accordion

Technical

• John Sheard - associate producer, Synclavier and string arrangements
• Bill Scheniman - engineer, mixing
• Ria Lewerke - art direction
• Ken Nahoum - photography

External links

• https://www.facebook.com/officialBusterPoindexter?ref=ts&fref=ts
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225425/http://goto.glocalnet.net/newyorkdolls/
• David Johansen Resource
• David Johansen at IMDb
• David Johansen at Allmusic
• Buster Poindexter at Allmusic