Come as You Are (album)

Come As You Are
Studio album by Peter Wolf
Released	March 20, 1987
Studio	Syncro Sound (Boston, MA); The Hit Factory (New York, NY).
Genre	Rock
Length	39:56
Label	EMI America
Producer	Peter Wolf, Eric Thorngren
Peter Wolf chronology
Lights Out (1984) Come As You Are (1987) Up to No Good (1990)

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Come As You Are is the second solo album by Peter Wolf, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). "Come As You Are" was a major hit for Wolf, peaking at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for one week.

The music video for "Come As You Are" is based on Bobby Van's memorable "street dance" from Small Town Girl. In the video, Peter Wolf hops around a 1950s small town similar to the one in the movie, and he passes a poster for Small Town Girl as a direct reference to the inspiration for the video.

Track listing[edit]

1. "Can't Get Started" (Peter Wolf) – 3:01
2. "Love on Ice" (Wolf, Tim Mayer) – 4:12
3. "Thick as Thieves" (Wolf, Tim Mayer) – 2:59
4. "Blue Avenue" (Wolf, Tim Mayer, Barry Goldberg) – 4:06
5. "Wind Me Up" (Wolf) – 2:49
6. "Come as You Are" (Wolf, Tim Mayer) – 2:43
7. "Flame of Love" (Wolf) – 4:16
8. "Mamma Said" (Wolf, Michael Jonzun) – 4:04
9. "Magic Moon" (Wolf) – 3:39
10. "2 Lane" (Wolf) – 3:23
11. "Run Silent Run Deep" (Wolf, Tim Mayer) – 4:39

Personnel[edit]

• Peter Wolf – vocals, backing vocals
• Tommy Mandel – keyboards
• Victor LeComer – keyboards
• John Songdahl – keyboards
• Jeff Golub – guitars
• Skip McDonald – guitars
• Jim Gregory – bass
• Doug Wimbish – bass
• Bobby Chouinard – drums
• Steve Scales – percussion
• Arno Hecht – horns
• John Turi – horns
• Lani Groves – backing vocals
• Frank Simms – backing vocals
• George Simms – backing vocals
• Bird Taylor – backing vocals
• Buck Taylor – backing vocals

Technical personnel

• Peter Wolf – producer
• Eric "ET" Thorngren – producer, recording, mixing
• Gary Wright – recording assistant
• Marc Cobrin – mix assistant
• Jack Skinner – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
• Henry Marquez – art direction
• Janet Perr – art direction, design
• Annie Leibovitz – photography

Commercial uses[edit]

After its July 1990 acquisition by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, the Brazilian television channel Rede Record used the song "Come as You Are" in a clip. The same song was used in a documentary about 40 years of Brazilian TV, September 18, 1990, from TV Cultura of São Paulo.^[1]

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External links[edit]

• Come as You Are at Discogs (list of releases)
• Come as You Are at MusicBrainz (list of releases)