Downtown (Marshall Crenshaw album)

Downtown
Studio album by Marshall Crenshaw
Released	1985
Genre	Rock
Length	37:12
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	T-Bone Burnett, Marshall Crenshaw, Larry Hirsch
Marshall Crenshaw chronology
Field Day (1983) Downtown (1985) Mary Jean & 9 Others (1987)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A−[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

Downtown is the third album by singer/songwriter Marshall Crenshaw. It failed to produce a hit single or chart itself.

Track listing

All songs written by Marshall Crenshaw, except where noted.

1. "Little Wild One (No. 5)" – 3:55
2. "Yvonne" – 3:53
3. "Blues is King" – 3:49
4. "Terrifying Love" – 4:05
5. "Like a Vague Memory" – 4:07
6. "The Distance Between" – 3:42
7. "(We're Gonna) Shake Up Their Minds" – 3:34
8. "I'm Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee)" (Ben Vaughn) – 3:21
9. "Right Now" (Sylvester Bradford, Al Lewis) – 2:38
10. "Lesson Number One" – 4:08

"Blues is King" was produced by Mitch Easter and Marshall Crenshaw.

Personnel

• Marshall Crenshaw - guitars, vocals, bass, percussion
• Mickey Curry – drums
• Mitchell Froom – keyboards
• David Miner – bass, cannon plug
• Tony Levin – bass
• Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion, bongos
• T-Bone Burnett – electric sitar, Linn program, vocals
• Robert Crenshaw – drums
• G. E. Smith – guitar
• Mitch Easter – piano
• Tom Ardolino – drums
• Joey Spampinato – bass
• Tony Garnier – bass
• Faye Hunter – bass
• Steve Fischel – steel guitar
• Warren Klein – tamboura

References

1. Downtown at AllMusic
2. Christgau, Robert. "Marshall Crenshaw". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
3. Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition, p. 323. Virgin Books, London. ISBN 1-85227-832-3