American Babylon: 25th Anniversary Edition

~ Release by Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers (see all versions of this release, 6 available)

Annotation

This expanded 2021 reissue of American Babylon contains the album’s original selections (disc 1 tracks 01–12), bonus demo recordings of some of the songs (disc 1 tracks 13–15), and live tracks (disc 2).

Bruce Springsteen guests on 8 of the album’s tracks: CHAIN SMOKIN’ (guitars, keyboard, percussion), NEVER BE ENOUGH TIME (guitar), HOMESTEAD (guitar, harmonica, mandolin), DARK AND BLOODY GROUND (guitars, harmony vocals), LABOR OF LOVE (guitars, mandolin), WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR (guitar), BILLY’S WALTZ (mandolin), and ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (guitar). Two of the tracks are co‐written by Springsteen and Grushecky: HOMESTEAD and DARK AND BLOODY GROUND. Bruce Springsteen produced all the album except the title track.

Bruce Springsteen also guests all 3 demo tracks: CHAIN SMOKIN’ (backing vocals and likely guitars, keyboard, percussion), NEVER BE ENOUGH TIME (backing vocals and likely guitar), and ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (likely guitar).

Bruce Springsteen also guests on 10 of the live tracks, playing guitar and sharing vocals on WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR, CHAIN SMOKIN’, LABOR OF LOVE, NEVER BE ENOUGH TIME, DARK AND BLOODY GROUND, PUMPING IRON, HOMESTEAD, AMERICAN BABYLON, LIGHT OF DAY, and DOWN THE ROAD APIECE.

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Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Printed): 8 19376 03422 5
Barcode (Scanned): 819376034225

Annotation last modified on 2022-09-04 17:08 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Dark and Bloody Ground
recording engineer and mixer:
Toby Scott
producer:
Bruce Springsteen
guitar:
Joe Grushecky (in 1995-03) and Bruce Springsteen (in 1995-03)
other vocals [duet vocals]:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1995-03)
vocals:
Joe Grushecky (in 1995-03)
recorded at:
1995‐03: Thrill Hill East, Rumson, NJ, USA (1995-03) (Joe Grushecky studio session)
recorded at:
Thrill Hill East (Springsteen’s home studio in Rumson) in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (in 1995-03)
recording of:
Dark and Bloody Ground (in 1995-03)
additional lyricist:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1994)
lyricist:
Joe Grushecky (in 1994)
additional composer:
Joe Grushecky (in 1994)
composer:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1994)
5:39
2Chain Smokin’
producer:
Bruce Springsteen
mixer:
Bob Clearmountain
bass:
Jerome Smith (New York City) (on 1993-10-25) and T. M. Stevens (US bass player Thomas Michael Stevens) (in 1993-11)
drums (drum set):
Zachary Alford (session drummer) (from 1993-10-25 until 1993-11)
guitar:
Joe Grushecky (from 1993-10-25 until 1993-11), Bruce Springsteen (from 1993-10-25 until 1993-11) and Shane Fontayne (English rock guitarist) (in 1993-11)
keyboard:
Leon Pendarvis (from 1993-10-25 until 1993-11) and Bruce Springsteen (from 1993-10-25 until 1993-11)
percussion:
Bruce Springsteen (from 1993-10-25 until 1993-11)
vocals:
Joe Grushecky (from 1993-10-25 until 1993-11)
recorded at:
1993‐11: Thrill Hill West, Beverly Hills, CA, USA (1993-11) (Joe Grushecky studio session) and 1995‐03: Thrill Hill East, Rumson, NJ, USA (1995-03) (Joe Grushecky studio session)
recorded at:
Thrill Hill West (Springsteen’s home studio in Beverly Hills) in Beverly Hills, California, United States (on 1993-10-25) and The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1993-11)
recording of:
Chain Smokin’ (from 1993-10-25 until 1993-11)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Grushecky
4:04
3Never Be Enough Time
bass:
Jerome Smith (New York City) (on 1993-10-25) and T. M. Stevens (US bass player Thomas Michael Stevens) (in 1993-11)
drums (drum set):
Zachary Alford (session drummer) (from 1993-10-25 until 1993-11)
guitar:
Joe Grushecky (from 1993-10-25 until 1993-11), Bruce Springsteen (from 1993-10-25 until 1993-11) and Shane Fontayne (English rock guitarist) (in 1993-11)
keyboard:
Leon Pendarvis (from 1993-10-25 until 1993-11)
vocals:
Joe Grushecky (from 1993-10-25 until 1993-11)
recorded at:
1993‐10‐25: Thrill Hill West, Beverly Hills, CA, USA (1993-10-25) (Joe Grushecky studio session) and 1993‐11: Thrill Hill West, Beverly Hills, CA, USA (1993-11) (Joe Grushecky studio session)
recorded at:
Thrill Hill West (Springsteen’s home studio in Beverly Hills) in Beverly Hills, California, United States (on 1993-10-25) and The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1993-11)
recording of:
Never Be Enough Time (from 1993-10-25 until 1993-11)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Grushecky
5:33
4American Babylon
recording engineer:
Toby Scott and Rick Witkowski
producer:
Joe Grushecky and Rick Witkowski
mixer:
Toby Scott
guitar:
Joe Grushecky
vocals:
Joe Grushecky
recording of:
American Babylon
lyricist and composer:
Joe Grushecky
3:53
5Labor of Love
recording engineer and mixer:
Toby Scott
producer:
Bruce Springsteen
guitar:
Joe Grushecky (in 1995-03) and Bruce Springsteen (in 1995-03)
mandolin:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1995-03)
vocals:
Joe Grushecky (in 1995-03)
recorded at:
1995‐03: Thrill Hill East, Rumson, NJ, USA (1995-03) (Joe Grushecky studio session)
recorded at:
Thrill Hill East (Springsteen’s home studio in Rumson) in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (in 1995-03)
recording of:
Labour of Love (in 1995-03)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Grushecky
4:57
6What Did You Do in the War
recording engineer and mixer:
Toby Scott
producer:
Bruce Springsteen
guitar:
Joe Grushecky (in 1995-03) and Bruce Springsteen (in 1995-03)
vocals:
Joe Grushecky (in 1995-03)
recorded at:
1995‐03: Thrill Hill East, Rumson, NJ, USA (1995-03) (Joe Grushecky studio session)
recorded at:
Thrill Hill East (Springsteen’s home studio in Rumson) in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (in 1995-03)
recording of:
What Did You Do in the War (in 1995-03)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Grushecky
3:34
7Homestead
producer:
Bruce Springsteen
mixer:
Bob Clearmountain
bass:
T.M. Stevens (US bass player Thomas Michael Stevens) (in 1993-11)
drums (drum set):
Zachary Alford (session drummer) (in 1993-11)
electric guitar:
Shane Fontayne (English rock guitarist) (in 1993-11)
guitar:
Joe Grushecky (in 1993-11)
guitar, harmonica and mandolin:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1993-11)
keyboard:
Leon Pendarvis (in 1993-11)
vocals:
Joe Grushecky (in 1993-11)
recorded at:
1993‐11: Thrill Hill West, Beverly Hills, CA, USA (1993-11) (Joe Grushecky studio session)
recorded at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1993-11)
recording of:
Homestead (in 1993-11)
additional lyricist:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1993)
lyricist:
Joe Grushecky (in 1993)
additional composer:
Joe Grushecky (in 1993)
composer:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1993)
4:13
8Comin’ Down Maria
recording engineer and mixer:
Toby Scott
producer:
Bruce Springsteen
guitar:
Joe Grushecky (on 1994-07-12)
other vocals [harmony vocals]:
Patti Scialfa (on 1994-07-12)
vocals:
Joe Grushecky (on 1994-07-12)
recorded at:
1994‐07‐12: Thrill Hill East, Rumson, NJ, USA (1994-07-12) (Joe Grushecky studio session)
recorded at:
Thrill Hill East (Springsteen’s home studio in Rumson) in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (on 1994-07-12)
recording of:
Comin’ Down Maria (on 1994-07-12)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Grushecky
4:23
9Talk Show
recording engineer and mixer:
Toby Scott
producer:
Bruce Springsteen
guitar:
Joe Grushecky (on 1994-07-12)
vocals:
Joe Grushecky (on 1994-07-12)
recorded at:
1994‐07‐12: Thrill Hill East, Rumson, NJ, USA (1994-07-12) (Joe Grushecky studio session)
recorded at:
Thrill Hill East (Springsteen’s home studio in Rumson) in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (on 1994-07-12)
recording of:
Talk Show (on 1994-07-12)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Grushecky
5:15
10No Strings Attached
recording engineer and mixer:
Toby Scott
producer:
Bruce Springsteen
guitar:
Joe Grushecky
vocals:
Joe Grushecky
recording of:
No Strings Attached
lyricist and composer:
Joe Grushecky
5:02
11Billy’s Waltz
recording engineer and mixer:
Toby Scott
producer:
Bruce Springsteen
guitar:
Joe Grushecky (in 1995-03)
mandolin:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1995-03)
vocals:
Joe Grushecky (in 1995-03)
recorded at:
1995‐03: Thrill Hill East, Rumson, NJ, USA (1995-03) (Joe Grushecky studio session)
recorded at:
Thrill Hill East (Springsteen’s home studio in Rumson) in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (in 1995-03)
recording of:
Billy’s Waltz (in 1995-03)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Grushecky
writer:
Bill Toms
3:13
12Only Lovers Left Alive
recording engineer and mixer:
Toby Scott
producer:
Bruce Springsteen
guitar:
Joe Grushecky (in 1995-03) and Bruce Springsteen (in 1995-03)
vocals:
Joe Grushecky (in 1995-03)
recorded at:
1995‐03: Thrill Hill East, Rumson, NJ, USA (1995-03) (Joe Grushecky studio session)
recorded at:
Thrill Hill East (Springsteen’s home studio in Rumson) in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (in 1995-03)
recording of:
Only Lovers Left Alive (in 1995-03)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Grushecky
5:55
13Chain Smokin’ (demo)
bass:
Jerome Smith (New York City) (on 1993-10-25)
drums (drum set):
Zachary Alford (session drummer) (on 1993-10-25)
guitar:
Joe Grushecky (on 1993-10-25) and Bruce Springsteen (on 1993-10-25)
keyboard:
Leon Pendarvis (on 1993-10-25)
vocals:
Joe Grushecky (on 1993-10-25)
recorded at:
1993‐10‐25: Thrill Hill West, Beverly Hills, CA, USA (1993-10-25) (Joe Grushecky studio session)
recorded at:
Thrill Hill West (Springsteen’s home studio in Beverly Hills) in Beverly Hills, California, United States (on 1993-10-25)
recording of:
Chain Smokin’ (on 1993-10-25)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Grushecky
3:52
14Never Be Enough Time (demo)
bass:
Jerome Smith (New York City) (on 1993-10-25)
drums (drum set):
Zachary Alford (session drummer) (on 1993-10-25)
guitar:
Joe Grushecky (on 1993-10-25) and Bruce Springsteen (on 1993-10-25)
keyboard:
Leon Pendarvis (on 1993-10-25)
vocals:
Joe Grushecky (on 1993-10-25)
recorded at:
1993‐10‐25: Thrill Hill West, Beverly Hills, CA, USA (1993-10-25) (Joe Grushecky studio session)
recorded at:
Thrill Hill West (Springsteen’s home studio in Beverly Hills) in Beverly Hills, California, United States (on 1993-10-25)
recording of:
Never Be Enough Time (on 1993-10-25)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Grushecky
5:18
15Only Lovers Left Alive (demo)
guitar:
Joe Grushecky (on 1994-07-12) and Bruce Springsteen (on 1994-07-12)
vocals:
Joe Grushecky (on 1994-07-12)
recorded at:
1994‐07‐12: Thrill Hill East, Rumson, NJ, USA (1994-07-12) (Joe Grushecky studio session)
recorded at:
Thrill Hill East (Springsteen’s home studio in Rumson) in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (on 1994-07-12)
recording of:
Only Lovers Left Alive (on 1994-07-12)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Grushecky
5:43
2▶CD: Recorded Live at Nick’s Fat City, Pittsburgh, PA October 1995