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Buster Poindexter is an eponymous 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.

Buster Poindexter
Studio album by Buster Poindexter
Released	July 7, 1987
Length	40:19
Label	RCA
Producer	Hank Medress
Buster Poindexter chronology
Sweet Revenge (1984) Buster Poindexter (1987) Buster Goes Berserk (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Rolling Stone	(positive) link[dead link]
The Village Voice	B+ link

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

External links

• https://www.facebook.com/officialBusterPoindexter?ref=ts&fref=ts
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225425/http://goto.glocalnet.net/newyorkdolls/
• David Johansen Resource
• David Johansen at IMDb
• David Johansen at Allmusic
• Buster Poindexter at Allmusic

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