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Help Yourself is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter Julian Lennon.

Help Yourself
Studio album by Julian Lennon
Released	20 August 1991 (US) 26 August 1991 (UK)
Recorded	May–December 1990
Genre	Pop[1]
Length	58:22
Label	Atlantic (US) Virgin (UK)
Producer	Bob Ezrin
Julian Lennon chronology
Mr. Jordan (1989) Help Yourself (1991) Photograph Smile (1998)
Singles from Help Yourself
"Saltwater" Released: 5 August 1991 "Help Yourself" Released: 1991 "Rebel King" Released: 1991 (promo only) "Listen" Released: 1991 (promo only) "Get a Life" Released: 6 April 1992

Release

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

It was released in August 1991, on Atlantic Records in the US and on 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.[4]

The album features uncredited guitar contributions from George Harrison (disputed).

The album was reissued, along with The Secret Value of Daydreaming and Mr. Jordan, on 8 September 2009 by Noble Rot Records.[5]

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

7. "Listen" (Lennon) – 5:04
8. "Other Side of Town" (Lennon, Paul Buchanan, Robert Bell) – 5:34
9. "New Physics Rant" (Lennon, Moore, Ezrin, Humphrey) – 4:48
10. "Take Me Home" (Lennon, Ezrin, Clayton) – 4:26
11. "Imaginary Lines" (Lennon, Moore, Clayton, Ezrin) – 5:12
12. "Keep the People Working" (Moore) – 3:36

Personnel

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).

Charts

Notes

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[de] Help Yourself (Julian-Lennon-Album)

Help Yourself ist das vierte Musikalbum des Sängers Julian Lennon. Es wurde im August 1991 von Atlantic Records in den USA und von Virgin Records in Großbritannien veröffentlicht. Die Singleauskopplung Saltwater erreichte die Spitze der australischen Charts und wurde ein Top-10-Hit in Großbritannien.

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