I Spent a Week There the Other Night is an album by the American musician Moe Tucker, released in 1991.[1][2]
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Released | 1991 | |||
Studio | Toxic Shock, New York City | |||
Genre | Punk | |||
Length | 44:40 | |||
Label | New Rose Records | |||
Producer | Maureen Tucker | |||
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Included on the album is a cover of "Then He Kissed Me", originally by the Crystals, as well as a cover of the Velvet Underground song "I'm Waiting for the Man".[3] I Spent a Week There the Other Night was reissued in 1994.[3]
The album has performances by members of the Velvet Underground, including Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison and John Cale.[4] All four original Velvets play together on "I'm Not", making it their only studio collaboration on original material since 1968. Members of Violent Femmes also contributed to the album.[5] Tucker stuck mostly to rhythm guitar.[6]
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The Orlando Sentinel wrote that "the basement minimalism is perfect for her ingenuous songs and flat but expressive vocals."[8] Trouser Press praised "Lazy", writing that, "for a 46-year-old mother of five, 'Lazy' is pure punk perfection."[9]
All songs written and arranged by Maureen Tucker except where noted.
- "Fired Up" – 4:01
- "That's B.A.D." – 4:58
- "Lazy" – 2:28
- "S.O.S." – 3:12
- "Blue, All the Way to Canada" (Tucker, Jim Turner) – 3:52
- "(And) Then He Kissed Me" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) – 2:31
- "Too Shy" – 3:35
- "Stayin' Put" – 4:23
- "Baby, Honey, Sweetie" – 3:18
- "I'm Not" – 6:55
- "I'm Waiting for the Man" (Lou Reed) – 5:27
- Maureen Tucker – bass, guitar, percussion, vocals, production, mixing
- John Sluggett – drums
- Sonny Vincent – guitar
- Daniel Hutchens – guitar
- Sterling Morrison – electric guitar on "Too Shy", 12-string guitar on "Blue, All the Way to Canada"
- Victor DeLorenzo – drums
- Brian Ritchie – bass
- Lou Reed – guitar on "Fired Up" and "I'm Not"
- Jim Morris – trumpet
- Michelle Saacks – piano
- John Cale – synthesizer on "I'm Waiting for the Man", viola on "(And) Then He Kissed Me" and "I'm Not"
- Dorothy Dargan - vocals
- David Doris - saxophone
- Don Fleming - guitar
- Arlene Levin - vocals
- Martha Morrison - vocals
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