JOHNNY THUNDERS

SO ALONE

1978

U.S.

MUSICIENS :

Johnny Thunders – guitar, vocals, producer

Paul Cook – drums

John "Irish" Earle – saxophone

Paul Gray – bass, drums

Chrissie Hynde – vocals on "Subway Train"

Steve Jones – guitar

Koulla Kakoulli – vocals

Mike Kellie – drums

Steve Lillywhite – piano, keyboards, producer, engineer

Walter Lure – guitar

Phil Lynott – bass, vocals on "Daddy Rollin' Stone"

Steve Marriott – harmonica, piano, keyboards, vocals on "Daddy Rollin' Stone"

Steve Nicol – drums

Patti Palladin – vocals

Henri Paul Tortosa – guitar

Peter Perrett – guitar, vocals

Billy Rath – bass

TITRES :

1. Pipeline

2. You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory

3. Great Big Kiss

4. Ask Me No Questions

5. Leave Me Alone

6. Daddy Rollin' Stone

7. London Boys

8. (She's So) Untouchable

9. Subway Train

10. Downtown

Bonus:

11. Dead or Alive

12. Hurtin'

13. So Alone

14. The Wizard

Cet album occupe une place à part dans la chaotique carrière solo de Johnny Thunders. C'est sans doute son disque le plus abouti et le plus riche. On y trouve des rocks nerveux, comme l'instrumental surf "Pipeline" ou "Leave Me Alone", mais aussi de superbes ballades acoustiques ("Ask Me No Questions" et "You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory") plus surprenantes de la part d'un ex-New York Dolls, ancien Heartbreaker. Pour parvenir à cette diversité et passer du fiel anti-Johnny Rotten de "London Boys" au rhythm'n'blues mâtiné de folk de "(She's So) Untouchable", il s'est entouré de nombreux amis : Cook et Jones des Sex Pistols, Chrissie Hynde, Steve Marriott (Small Faces/Humble Pie), Phil Lynott de Thin Lizzy, Peter Perrett des Only Ones... comme quoi, il n'était pas "si seul" que ça. --Hubert Deshouse