Honest is a 1991 album by Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys. It was Stewart's second and final album with the Pretenders' Martin Chambers after Annie Lennox left the Eurythmics to start a family.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
Honest | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1991 | |||
Label | BMG Records | |||
Producer | David A. Stewart | |||
Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
NME | 2/10[2] |
Track listing
editAll tracks composed by Dave Stewart; except where indicated
- "Honest"
- "Whole Wide World"
- "Crown of Madness"
- "Out of Reach" (music: Nan Vernon)
- "You're Lost"
- "Fools Paradise"
- "Motorcycle Mystics"
- "Impossible"
- "Here We Go Again"
- "Here She Comes"
- "Fade Away" (music and lyrics: Jonathan Perkins)
- "Cat with a Tale"
- "R.U. Satisfied"
Personnel
edit- Dave Stewart — lead vocals, guitar
- Nan Vernon — backing vocals, guitar
- John Turnbull — guitar, backing vocals
- Jonathan Perkins — keyboards, backing vocals
- Chris Bostock — bass, backing vocals
- Martin Chambers — drums, backing vocals
- Olle Romo — drums, drum programming
with:
- Shankar — violin on "You're Lost"
- Ruby Zimmermoon — harmonica on "Here She Comes"
- Beverlei Brown, Carol Kenyon, Pamela Beckford, Valerie Chalmers — backing vocals on "R.U. Satisfied"
- Technical
- Manu Guiot — engineer, mixing
- Alan Moulder — mixing on "Fools Paradise"
References
edit- ^ Sytsma, Sara. "Dave Stewart & the Spiritual Cowboys - Honest; Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ Page, Betty (28 September 1991). "Long Play". New Musical Express. p. 35.
- ^ Billboard - 14 Jan 1995 - Page 10 In 1990, Arista released "Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys," which featured the Pretenders' Martin Chambers on drums. The Cowboys' follow-up, 1992's "Honest," was not released domestically."
- ^ Cesare Rizzi Enciclopedia della musica rock (1980-1989) 2000- Volume 3 - Page 180 "1991 Mentre Annie si ritira per due anni dalle scene per maternità, Dave assembla una band con l'ex batterista dei Pretenders Martin Chambers e pubblica due album, DAVE STEWART & THE SPIRITUAL COWBOYS (n.38 GB) e HONEST, ..."
- ^ Stereo Review 1991- Volume 56 - Page 84 "DAVE STEWART AND THE SPIRITUAL COWBOYS: Honest. Dave Stewart ... "Honest," his second solo album, is a pleasantly inconsequential piece of ear candy. Its bright, playful arrangements hark back to the cheerful eclecticism of the Sixties, and Stewart's gruff, half-spoken vocals and surreal lyric scenarios find their origins in early Dylan. Stewart hops from pad to pad on the musical lily pond."
- ^ Dafydd Rees, Luke Crampton Rock stars encyclopedia 1999 - Page 349 "Having recently released the second and final Spiritual Cowboys album. Honest, Stewart participates in Amnesty International's Big 30 concert, which airs on ITV"
- ^ Steve Hochman Popular Musicians: The Doobie Brothers-Paul McCartney 1999- Page 381 "Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys (1990) and Honest (1991) were taken out of production by 1998,"
- ^ The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 2002 - Page 55 "Spiritual Cowboys and Honest albums by Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys;"