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Buster's Spanish Rocketship is an album by Buster Poindexter, the alter ego of singer David Johansen.[5][6] Following ...Rocketship, Johansen returned to recording albums under his real name.

Buster's Spanish Rocketship
Studio album by Buster Poindexter
Released	1997
Recorded	1995–1997
Genre	Salsa[1] merengue[1]
Length	52:57
Label	PolyGram[2]
Producer	Brian Koonin
Buster Poindexter chronology
Buster's Happy Hour (1994) Buster's Spanish Rocketship (1997) David Johansen and the Harry Smiths (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Robert Christgau	[4]

The album was named after Buster's new backing band.[7]

Critical reception

The Sun-Sentinel wrote: "Turning his slightly jaded eye toward salsa, merengue and the most broken Spanish ever spoken, Buster brings on the bongos and dancing girls."[1] Tulsa World thought that "his voice is giving out, but his spicy reverie will always flip skirts up."[8]

AllMusic wrote that "the Latin-tinged Buster's Spanish Rocketship is a minor triumph, demonstrating that David Johansen has an ear for material and a self-deprecating sense of humor that keeps Poindexter enjoyable."[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Johansen.

1. "Ondine" – 2:55
2. "Nueva Broadway (They Don't Smoke)" – 4:18
3. "Downtown Dream" – 4:10
4. "Inez (Is Just a Big Rage Queen)" – 4:13
5. "The Closer I Get to Heaven" – 4:15
6. "My First Sin" – 4:28
7. "Let's Take It Easy" – 3:43
8. "Linda Lee" – 3:41
9. "Iris Chacon" – 3:43
10. "Skin & Bones" – 3:36
11. "Mean Spirited Sal" – 4:17
12. "Lay Down" – 3:42
13. "Rhumba (Dance Fever)" – 5:56

Personnel

• Buster Poindexter – vocals

The Banshees of Blue

• Soozie Tyrell – vocals
• Richard Barone – vocals
• Brian Koonin – guitar, cuatro
• Jack Bashkow – saxophone, piccolo
• Kenny Fradley – trumpet
• Byron Stripling – trumpet
• Mark Pender – trumpet
• Conrad Herwig – trombone
• Jimmy Bosch – trombone
• Randy Andos – bass trombone
• Charlie Giordano – accordion, piano
• Andy Gonzales – bass
• Brian Hamm – bass
• Tony Machine – drums
• Fred Walcott – percussion
• Ismael "Bongo" Bruno – percussion
• Mike Jacobson – percussion

References

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