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With Television re-formed and touring to ecstatic reviews, the deluxe reissue of the two Television albums imminent, and the very positive critical and commercial reaction given to our reissue of bandleader Tom Verlaine’s first solo album, we figured the time was right for another release from one of the very few guitar heroes left in rock and roll. This record, Tom’s only one for the IRS label, broke a three-year silence with its release in 1987, and it’s a varied, poetic outing, ranging from rockers to the slow, epic numbers where Verlaine’s lyrical guitar work really shines. We’ve included lyrics along with new notes…a 'Collectors’ Choice Music' exclusive! Includes 'Cry Mercy, Judge; Say a Prayer; A Town Called Walker; Song; The Scientist Writes a Letter; Bomb; At 4 a.m.; The Funniest Thing; Annie’s Tellin’ Me', and 'One Time at Sundown'.