Help Yourself (Julian Lennon album)

Help Yourself is the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Julian Lennon, released in 1991 through Atlantic Records in the US and Virgin Records in the UK.

The album was a commercial success in Europe for Lennon, spawning a UK No. 6 hit "Saltwater" (as well as topping the charts in Australia for four weeks); however, it did not do as well in the US, where Atlantic Records were said to have under-promoted the album.

The album was reissued, along with The Secret Value of Daydreaming and Mr. Jordan, on 8 September 2009 by Noble Rot Records.

Track listing

 * Side one
 * 1) "Rebel King" (Julian Lennon, Anthony Moore, Bob Ezrin) – 5:51
 * 2) "Saltwater" (Lennon, Mark Spiro, Leslie Spiro) – 4:07
 * 3) "Get a Life" (Lennon, Glenn Martin Tilbrook, Scott Humphrey) – 4:17
 * 4) "Would You" (Lennon, Moore) – 6:19
 * 5) "Maybe I Was Wrong" (Lennon, Justin Clayton) – 4:27
 * 6) "Help Yourself" (Lennon, John McCurry) – 4:41


 * Side two
 * 1) "Listen" (Lennon) – 5:04
 * 2) "Other Side of Town" (Lennon, Paul Buchanan, Robert Bell) – 5:34
 * 3) "New Physics Rant" (Lennon, Moore, Ezrin, Humphrey) – 4:48
 * 4) "Take Me Home" (Lennon, Ezrin, Clayton) – 4:26
 * 5) "Imaginary Lines" (Lennon, Moore, Clayton, Ezrin) – 5:12
 * 6) "Keep the People Working" (Moore) – 3:36

Musicians

 * Julian Lennon – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, guitar, mandolin, bass and drum programming, percussion
 * Bob Ezrin – keyboards, programming, percussion, backing vocals
 * Scott Humphrey – keyboards, synthesizer programming, computer programming, backing vocals
 * John Haeny – sound effects
 * Justin Clayton – guitar
 * Steve Hunter – guitar
 * John McCurry – guitar
 * George Harrison – guitar [uncredited, disputed]
 * Matt Bissonette – bass guitar
 * Louis Molino – drums
 * Allan Schwartzberg – additional drums
 * Bobbye Hall – percussion
 * Paul Buchanan – lead vocals (8)
 * Maxi Anderson – backing vocals
 * Kim Edwards-Brown – backing vocals
 * Peter Fletcher – backing vocals
 * Clydene Jackson – backing vocals
 * Bobette Jamison-Harrison – backing vocals
 * Carmen Twillie – backing vocals
 * Clarise Wilkins – backing vocals
 * Paul Winger – backing vocals
 * Olivia D'Abo – additional backing vocals
 * Mark Spiro – additional backing vocals
 * San Fernando Valley Girl Scout Troop 592 – additional backing vocals

Production

 * Bob Ezrin – producer
 * Lenny Derose – recording
 * James Guthrie – mixing
 * Martin Horenburg – recording assistant, mix assistant
 * Marko Olson – recording assistant
 * Robert Hrycyna – production supervisor, technical supervisor
 * Doug Sax – mastering
 * PhD – art direction, design
 * Mark Hanauer – photography
 * Tony Smith – management
 * Paddy Spinks – management

Studios
 * Recorded at The Enterprise (Burbank, California) and Amigo Studios (North Hollywood, California).
 * Mixed at The Enterprise
 * Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).