Buster Poindexter (album)

Buster Poindexter is a self-titled album released by RCA Records in 1987 by Buster Poindexter, the alter ego of New York Dolls frontman David Johansen. Johansen re-recorded the track "Heart of Gold" as Buster Poindexter, which originally appeared on Johansen's 1981 solo album Here Comes the Night. The song "Hot Hot Hot" was a Billboard single and received heavy play on MTV.

Track listing

 * 1) "Smack Dab in the Middle" - 3:52 (Chuck Calhoun, Michael Mains)
 * 2) "Bad Boy" - 3:07 (Avon Long, Lil Hardin Armstrong)
 * 3) "Hot Hot Hot" - 4:07 (Alphonsus "Arrow" Cassell)
 * 4) "Are You Lonely for Me, Baby?" - 3:38 (Bert Berns)
 * 5) "Screwy Music" - 3:17 (Jimmie Lunceford)
 * 6) "Good Morning Judge" - 3:37 (Louis Innis, Wynonie Harris)
 * 7) "Oh Me, Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)" - 3:52 (Jim Doris)
 * 8) "Whadaya Want?" - 2:44 (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
 * 9) "House of the Rising Sun" - 3:40 (Traditional; credited to Josh White; Terry Holmes)
 * 10) "Cannibal" - 4:45 (David Johansen, Joe Delia)
 * 11) "Heart of Gold" - 4:40 (David Johansen)

Personnel

 * Buster Poindexter and His Banshees of Blue
 * Buster Poindexter - vocals
 * Patti Scialfa - backing vocals
 * Crispin Cioe - alto and baritone saxophone
 * Joe Delia - organ, piano, horn arrangements
 * Bob Funk - trombone
 * Tony "Antoine Fats" Garnier - bass
 * Carl Hall - backing vocals
 * Arno Hecht - tenor saxophone
 * "Hollywood" Paul Litteral - trumpet
 * Brian Koonin - guitar, banjo, mandolin
 * Lisa Lowell - backing vocals
 * Tony Machine - drums (3rd drummer New York Dolls: 1976–77)
 * Soozie Tyrell - violin, backing vocals
 * Louise Bethune - backing vocals
 * Fred Wolcott - percussion
 * Larry Poindexter - accordion
 * Technical
 * John Sheard - associate producer, Synclavier and string arrangements
 * Bill Scheniman - engineer, mixing
 * Ria Lewerke - art direction
 * Ken Nahoum - photography