Honest (Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys album)

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
Studio album by
Released1991
LabelBMG Records
ProducerDavid A. Stewart
Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys chronology
Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys
(1990)
Honest
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
NME2/10[2]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Dave Stewart; except where indicated

  1. "Honest"
  2. "Whole Wide World"
  3. "Crown of Madness"
  4. "Out of Reach" (music: Nan Vernon)
  5. "You're Lost"
  6. "Fools Paradise"
  7. "Motorcycle Mystics"
  8. "Impossible"
  9. "Here We Go Again"
  10. "Here She Comes"
  11. "Fade Away" (music and lyrics: Jonathan Perkins)
  12. "Cat with a Tale"
  13. "R.U. Satisfied"

Personnel

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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

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  1. ^ Sytsma, Sara. "Dave Stewart & the Spiritual Cowboys - Honest; Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ^ Page, Betty (28 September 1991). "Long Play". New Musical Express. p. 35.
  3. ^ 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."
  4. ^ 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, ..."
  5. ^ 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."
  6. ^ 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"
  7. ^ 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,"
  8. ^ The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 2002 - Page 55 "Spiritual Cowboys and Honest albums by Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys;"