Songs from the Film
Songs from the Film is Tommy Keene's second full-length album and his major label debut. Originally released on LP and cassette in 1986, it wasn't available on CD until 1998.
The album hit No. 148 on the Billboard 200.
Reception
Spin said producer "Emerick met the challenge of turning this popster of modest but real merit into a star by deflavorizing his tunes with a big production jab. The low-key charms of his songs are lost in a sea of ringing guitars, and one more record with a zillion shimmering arpeggios is not high on my list of things the world is in desperate need of."Track listing
All songs written by Tommy Keene, except where noted- "Places That Are Gone" – 2:53
- "In Our Lives" – 2:59
- "Listen to Me" – 3:52
- "Paper Words and Lies" – 2:23
- "Gold Town" – 2:57
- "Kill Your Sons" – 5:02
- *Originally recorded by Lou Reed, 1974
- "Call on Me" – 3:04
- "As Life Goes By" – 2:23
- "My Mother Looked Like Marilyn Monroe" – 3:19
- "Underworld" – 5:00
- "Astronomy" – 1:28
- "The Story Ends" – 3:48
- "Take Back Your Letters" – 4:24
- *Previously unreleased; Songs from the Film outtake
- "Run Now" – 4:42
- *Originally released on the Run Now EP
- "Away from It All" – 2:54
- *From Run Now
- "I Don't Feel Right at All" – 3:42
- *From Run Now
- "Back Again" – 4:03
- *From Run Now
- "They're in Their Own World" – 3:45
- *From Run Now
- "We're Two" – 3:20
- *Previously unreleased; recorded in 1984
- "Faith in Love" – 3:15
- *Previously unreleased; recorded in 1984
- "Teenage Head" – 3:44
- *Originally recorded by Flamin' Groovies, 1971
- *Previously unreleased; recorded live-in-the-studio
Personnel
The band
- Tommy Keene — Vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion
- Billy Connelly — Guitars, background vocals, lead guitar
- Ted Niceley — Bass guitar
- Doug Tull — Drums
Production
- Geoff Emerick — Producer, mixing
- Matt Butler — Engineer, mixing
- Frank Oglethorpe — Technical assistance, second engineer
- Bill Wittman — Mixing
- John Agnello — Mixing
- Tom Zutaut — Production assistance
- George Marino — Mastering
- Jeff Magio — Executive producer
- Josh Grier — Executive producer
- Bob Clearmountain — Producer
- T-Bone Burnett — Producer
- Don Dixon — Producer
- David Donnelly — CD remastering
Additional credits
- Recorded at AIR Studios, Montserrat, West Indies
- Recorded at Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, New York
- Mixed at AIR Studios, Montserrat
- Mixed at The Record Plant, New York City
- "Thank you Teresa Ensenat, Tom Zutaut, Bobby Keene, Ed Rosenblatt, Pat Day, Joe Picuri, Jim Crence, Josh Rowley, Yvonne Kelly and all at AIR Studios, Montserrat, Dody Bowers, Josh Grier, Don Dixon, Steve Carr, Big Joe"
- Tom Zutaut — A&R
- Teresa Ensenat — A&R
- Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City
- Michael Hodgson — Art direction and design
- Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff — Art direction and design
- Just Loomis — Photography
- Terry Robertson — CD design
- Tommy Keene — Additional photography
- "With thanks to the National Building Museum and Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, Washington, D.C."
- CD thanks: "Tommy wishes to thank: Josh Grier, Jeff Magid, Bobby Keene and Ed Morgan", "Special thanks: Bill Bennett, David Berman, Brit Davis, Lyn Fey, Dave Garbarino, Kristin Hambsch, Julie Hall, Rich Hyland, Greg Lapidus, Clark Pardee, Mel Posner, Ed Rosenblatt, Robin Rothman, Jennifer Schiller, Annie B. Siegel, Robert Smith, Jim Walker, Jason Whittington"
- CD liner notes — John M. Borack