Are You Okay?
Are You Okay? is the fourth album by art-funk ensemble Was (Not Was). It was released in 1990. It was their last album for 18 years until 2008's Boo!
In UK and Europe, the album cover is replaced with a picture of the band.
Track listing
All tracks composed by David Was and Don Was; except where indicated.- "Are You Okay?" – 4:28
- "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" – 6:41
- "I Feel Better Than James Brown" – 4:45
- "How the Heart Behaves" – 5:35
- "Maria Novarro" – 3:27
- "I Blew Up the United States" – 3:51
- "In K Mart Wardrobe" – 4:16
- "Elvis' Rolls Royce" – 3:29
- "Dressed to Be Killed" – 4:13
- "Just Another Couple Broken Hearts" – 4:55
- "You! You! You!" – 3:28
- "Look What's Back" – 0:43
Personnel
Was- David Was – keyboards, flute, vocals
- Don Was – keyboards, bass
- Sweet Pea Atkinson – vocals
- Sir Harry Bowens – vocals
- Donald Ray Mitchell – vocals
- Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
- Randy Jacobs – guitars
- Ron Pangborn – drums
- Debra Dobkin – percussion, vocals
- Dave McMurray – saxophones
- Rayse Biggs – trumpet
- G Love E – rap
- The Roches – vocals
- Doug Fieger – backing vocals
- Leonard Cohen – lead vocals
- Iggy Pop, Downtown Julie Brown and Ewreck Benson – backing vocals
- Andy Gill – backing vocals
- Syd Straw – lead vocals
- Jeff Lorber – keyboards, keyboard programming and keyboard arrangements
- Brad Buxer – additional keyboards
- Luis Resto – keyboards
- Paul Riser – horn and string arrangements
- Jon Jaz-Was – saxophonic reticulation
Production
- David Bates – executive producer
- David Was – producer
- Don Was – producer, engineer
- Keith Cohen – mixing, additional production
- Ed Cherney – engineer, mixing
- Steve Deutsch – engineer
- Kenny Jones – engineer
- Jeff Lorber – engineer
- Elaine Anderson – assistant engineer
- Andy Batwinas – assistant engineer
- Kimm James – assistant engineer
- Brian Jones – assistant engineer
- Jim Mitchell – assistant engineer
- Linda Morse – assistant engineer
- Jeff Park – assistant engineer
- Neal Pogue – assistant engineer
- Martin Schmelzle – assistant engineer
- Phonogram Art – art direction
- Green Ink – artwork
- Tim Whiteley – paintbox operator
- Kushnick Passett Management – management