Press Color


Press Color is the debut album of French no wave singer, Lizzy Mercier Descloux. The album has received some critical acclaim, being called "the real thing" by Uncut magazine.

Track listing

All songs written by Lizzy Mercier Descloux unless otherwise noted. The song "Tumor" is more commonly known as "Fever," with the word "fever" replaced by "tumor" in this version's lyrics.

Original release

Side One

  1. "Jim on the Move" – 2:29
  2. "Aya Mood 3.5" – 2:50
  3. "Torso Corso" – 1:48
  4. "Wawa" – 2:18

Side Two

  2. "Fire" – 5:11
  3. "Mission Impossible" – 2:35
  4. "No Golden Throat" – 2:38
  5. "Tumor" – 2:57

2003 reissue track listing

  1. "Fire" – 5:11
  2. "Torso Corso" 1:48
  3. "Mission Impossible" – 2:35
  4. "No Golden Throat" – 2:38
  5. "Jim on the Move" – 2:29
  6. "Wawa" – 2:18
  7. "Tumor" – 2:57
  8. "Aya Mood" – 2:50
  9. "Mission Impossible 2.0" – 2:20
  10. "Rosa Vertov" – 1:43
  11. "Decryptated" – 1:20
  12. "Herpes Simplex" – 2:03
  13. "Lacrosse Baron Bic" – 1:36
  14. "Tso Xin Yu Xin" –1:20
  15. "Nina Con Un Tercer Ojo" – 0:58
  16. "Birdy Num-num" – 3:32
  17. "Hard Boiled Babe" – 4:28
  18. "Morning High" – 3:04

Personnel

Musicians

  • Lizzy Mercier Descloux – lead vocals, guitar, bass, percussion
  • D.J. Barnes – guitar, bass, percussion, backing vocals
  • Erik Elliasson – guitar, bass, keyboards, drums on "Wawa"
  • Jimmy Young – drums, percussion
Guests on "Fire"
  • Jack Cavari – guitars
  • Ken Smith – bass
  • Bud Maltin – saxophone
  • Chris Wiltshire, Mary-Jo Kaplan, Ramona Brooks – backing vocals
  • Victoria – percussion
  • Allen Wentz – synthesizer, sequencer
Guest on "Mission Impossible"
  • Allen Wentz – synthesizer, sequencer
Guest on "Tumour"
  • John Rome – guitars, backing vocals
Recorded by Bob Blank & Joe Arlotta at Blank Tapes Studio, NYC February 1979

Arranged, Producer & Mixed by Banes, Elliasson, Mercier Descloux

Except "Fire" Mixed by Tom Savarese

Executive Producer Michel Esteban

Sound

Original Sound Recording Made by ZE Records © 1978/1979/1980/2003
Executive Producer Michel Esteban
This Selection by Lizzy Mercier Descloux & Michel Esteban
Producer Michel Esteban p & © 2009 ZE Records Mundo Ltda

Design

Art Cover Design by Michel Esteban
Photos Credits : Front Cover 12 by Seth Tillet
Booklet Pages 2,8,912,12 by Seth Tillet • Page 5 by Edo •
Pages 6 & 14 by Michel Esteban •
Page 14 : Patti Smith & Lizzy as Isabelle & Arthur Rimbaud
Inspiration : Malevitch « Croix Noire » 1920 • Joseph Beuys « Gesundheitshotel » 1979 • Yves Klein « Monochrome Bleu » 1980