Buster's Spanish Rocketship

Buster's Spanish Rocketship
Studio album by Buster Poindexter
Released	1997
Recorded	1995–1997
Genre	Lounge rock
Length	52:57
Label	PolyGram
Producer	Brian Koonin
Buster Poindexter chronology
Buster's Happy Hour (1994) Buster's Spanish Rocketship (1997) David Johansen and the Harry Smiths (2000)

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Buster's Spanish Rocketship is the fourth and final album from Buster Poindexter, the alter ego of singer David Johansen. Following ...Rocketship, David Johansen returned to recording albums under his real name.

Like his previous two albums Buster Goes Berserk and Buster's Happy Hour, it features his backing band The Banshees of Blue, and also continued the "lounge rock" style of its predecessors in covering rhythm 'n' blues songs of the 1940s and 1950s. Although a promotion video was made for "Ondine", "Mean Spirited Sal" was the most popular track.

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Johansen.

1. "Ondine" – 2:55
2. "Nueva Broadway (They Don't Smoke)" – 4:18
3. "Downtown Dream" – 4:10
4. "Inez (Is Just a Big Rage Queen)" – 4:13
5. "The Closer I Get to Heaven" – 4:15
6. "My First Sin" – 4:28
7. "Let's Take It Easy" – 3:43
8. "Linda Lee" – 3:41
9. "Iris Chacon" – 3:43
10. "Skin & Bones" – 3:36
11. "Mean Spirited Sal" – 4:17
12. "Lay Down" – 3:42
13. "Rhumba (Dance Fever)" – 5:56

Personnel

• Buster Poindexter – vocals

The Banshees of Blue

• Soozie Tyrell – vocals
• Richard Barone – vocals
• Brian Koonin – guitar, cuatro
• Jack Bashkow – saxophone, piccolo
• Kenny Fradley – trumpet
• Byron Stripling – trumpet
• Mark Pender – trumpet
• Conrad Herwig – trombone
• Jimmy Bosch – trombone
• Randy Andos – bass trombone
• Charlie Giordano – accordion, piano
• Andy Gonzales – bass
• Brian Hamm – bass
• Tony Machine – drums
• Fred Walcott – percussion
• Ismael "Bongo" Bruno – percussion
• Mike Jacobson – percussion