Read My Lips (Tim Curry album)

Read My Lips is the debut solo album by Tim Curry, released in 1978. It was produced by Bob Ezrin with Michael Kamen as the associate producer. The opening track "Birds of a Feather" had already appeared a year earlier in 1977, performed by its composers Carole Pope and Kevan Staples on Rough Trade Live! Direct to Disc, the debut album of their band Rough Trade. The song "Sloe Gin" was covered by Joe Bonamassa in 2007 on his album of the same title.

Side A

 * 1) "Birds of a Feather" (Carole Pope, Kevan Staples) - 4:07
 * 2) "Wake Nicodemus" (Henry Clay Work, originally published in 1864) - 4:37
 * 3) "I Will" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 3:41
 * 4) "Brontosaurus" (Roy Wood) - 4:38
 * 5) "Alan" (Tony Kosinec) - 4:25

Side B

 * 1) "All I Want" (Joni Mitchell) - 4:24
 * 2) "Sloe Gin" (Bob Ezrin, Michael Kamen) - 5:25
 * 3) "Harlem on My Mind" (Irving Berlin) - 3:51
 * 4) "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:44

Personnel

 * Tim Curry - vocals
 * Dick Wagner - lead and rhythm guitar
 * Nils Lofgren - accordion
 * Tony Kosinec - acoustic guitar
 * Bob Babbitt - bass guitar
 * Allan Schwartzberg - drums
 * Charles Collins - drums
 * John Tropea - rhythm guitar
 * Robin Millar - rhythm guitar, mandolin
 * Donny Brook (Don F Brooks) - harmonica
 * Lee Michaels - keyboards
 * Michael Kamen - keyboards, arrangements
 * Bob Ezrin - keyboards, percussion, backing vocals, arrangements
 * Jimmy Maelen - percussion
 * Ernie Watts - saxophone
 * Max Kaminsky - trumpet
 * Joe Venuti - violin
 * Rudy Toth - dulcimer
 * Brooks Hunnicutt, Dennis Tufano - backing vocals
 * Elizabeth Lennard - photography