Pointing the Finger

Pointing the Finger is a studio album by the rock artist Kevin Coyne, released in 1981.^[1][2]

Pointing the Finger
Studio album by Kevin Coyne
Released	1981
Genre	Rock
Label	Cherry Red
Producer	Kevin Coyne, Brian Godding
Kevin Coyne chronology
The Dandelion Years (1981) Pointing the Finger (1981) Live in Berlin (1981)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]

The Globe and Mail wrote that "Coyne, like Van Morrison, can be repetitious and his emotional range seems limited at times—but, when it comes to anguish, he has few peers."^[5]

The album was described by Mark Cordery of the New Musical Express:

"The themes of this LP are generally the hoary old ones of 'Alienation'; the difficulty (and in many cases the tacitly accepted impossibility) of communication, and the insubstantiality and hence inadequacy of 'Religion'. Dealt with here in the 'soul-baring' 60's singer-songwriter style; mostly stripped of imagery, and completely of metaphor, it's a bleak but uncompelling vision. Not to say a narrow one."

The title track dates from 1977 and Coyne's musical "England, England", and is described by him on the sleeve notes as covering "some of my ambivalent feelings about England and its vanished Empire."^[6][7]

Track listing

Source: ^[6]

1. "There She Goes" – 5.02
2. "As I Recall" – 4.27
3. "Children of the Deaf" – 1.06
4. "One Little Moment" – 6.30
5. "Let Love Reside" – 3.28
6. "Sleeping-Waking" – 4.17
7. "Pointing the Finger" – 4.07
8. "You Can't Do That" – 3.58
9. "Song of the Womb" – 2.36
10. "Old Lady" – 4.00

Personnel

Source: ^[6]

• Kevin Coyne – vocals, guitar
• Brian Godding – electric guitars
• Dave Sheen – drums, backing vocals on "Old Lady"
• Steve Lamb – bass guitar
• Steve Bull – keyboards, synthesizer

Technical

• Producers: Kevin Coyne and Brian Godding with G.L.S. (Godding, Lamb, Sheen) at Alvic Studios, West Kensington
• Engineer: Mike Gregovich
• Cover artwork: Kevin Coyne

References

1. "Kevin Coyne: An Overview". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
2. The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. 2003. p. 237.
3. "Pointing the Finger Review by Dean McFarlane". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
4. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
5. Lacey, Liam (15 May 1982). "Pointing the Finger Kevin Coyne". The Globe and Mail. p. F6.
6. Pointing the Finger, Cherry Red Records: BRED23, 1981, sleeve notes
7. "WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN - Record Collector Magazine".