PETER WOLF
''FOOL'S PARADE''
SEP 1998
ISLAND MERCURY
42:28
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1/Long Way Back Again/Jennings, Jennings, Wolf/3:43
2/Turnin' Pages/Rhodes, Wolf/3:38
3/Anything at All/Jennings, Jennings, Kellar, Wolf/4:30
4/Pleasing to Me/Jennings, Jennings, Wolf/3:36
5/The Cold Heart of the Stone/Jennings, Jennings, Wolf/3:02
6/All Torn Up/Rhodes, Wolf/4:13
7/Roomful of Angels/Rhodes, Wolf/4:29
8/If You Wanna Be With Somebody/Jordan, Wolf/4:01
9/I'd Rather Be Blind, Crippled, and Crazy/Carter, Hodges, Wright/3:31
10/Ride Lonesome Ride Hard/Jennings, Jennings, Wolf/4:05
11/Waiting on the Moon/Jennings, Jennings, Wolf/3:40
Tony Beard/Drums
Crispin Cioe/Horn
John Conte/Bass, Bass (Upright)
Steve Conte/Guitar
Cornell Dupree/Guitar
Ada Dyer/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Laurence Etkin/Horn
Bob Funk/Horn
Jeff Golub/Guitar
Arno Hecht/Horn
Johnny A./Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
Bashiri Johnson/Percussion
Robert White Johnson/Vocals (Background)
Stanley Jordan/Guitar, Keyboards, Producer
Curtis King/Vocals (Background)
Will Lee/Bass
Duke Levine/Guitar
Shawn Pelton/Drums
Leon Pendarvis/Keyboards
Taylor Rhodes/Vocals (Background)
Vaneese Thomas/Vocals (Background)
Marco Vitali/Violin
Jimmy Vivino/Guitar
Kenny White/Bass, Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
Teresa Williams/Vocals (Background)
Peter Wolf/Vocals
REVIEW
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine/ALLMUSIC
Peter Wolf lost his mainstream audience long before he released Fool's Parade in the fall of 1998. By the time the album hit the stores, it had been ten years since he had graced the Top 40, when "Come as You Are" reached number 15. To his credit, Wolf realized he no longer was a pop star, so he decided to continue in the vein of his comeback record, 1996's Long Line. Which is to say, Fool's Parade is a collection of rock & roll, R&B, blues and soul, all delivered with professional showmanship from Wolf, along with a surplus of true heart and passion. It's a mature album in the best sense of the word -- it's clear that Wolf has lived the life he sings about, and he exhibits a sense of craft that only veterans can convey. Following the equally accomplished Long Line, Fool's Parade is proof that veteran rockers need not be washed up or written off, even if they are no longer playing to stadium-sized crowds.
''FOOL'S PARADE''
SEP 1998
ISLAND MERCURY
42:28
DOWNLOAD
1/Long Way Back Again/Jennings, Jennings, Wolf/3:43
2/Turnin' Pages/Rhodes, Wolf/3:38
3/Anything at All/Jennings, Jennings, Kellar, Wolf/4:30
4/Pleasing to Me/Jennings, Jennings, Wolf/3:36
5/The Cold Heart of the Stone/Jennings, Jennings, Wolf/3:02
6/All Torn Up/Rhodes, Wolf/4:13
7/Roomful of Angels/Rhodes, Wolf/4:29
8/If You Wanna Be With Somebody/Jordan, Wolf/4:01
9/I'd Rather Be Blind, Crippled, and Crazy/Carter, Hodges, Wright/3:31
10/Ride Lonesome Ride Hard/Jennings, Jennings, Wolf/4:05
11/Waiting on the Moon/Jennings, Jennings, Wolf/3:40
Tony Beard/Drums
Crispin Cioe/Horn
John Conte/Bass, Bass (Upright)
Steve Conte/Guitar
Cornell Dupree/Guitar
Ada Dyer/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Laurence Etkin/Horn
Bob Funk/Horn
Jeff Golub/Guitar
Arno Hecht/Horn
Johnny A./Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
Bashiri Johnson/Percussion
Robert White Johnson/Vocals (Background)
Stanley Jordan/Guitar, Keyboards, Producer
Curtis King/Vocals (Background)
Will Lee/Bass
Duke Levine/Guitar
Shawn Pelton/Drums
Leon Pendarvis/Keyboards
Taylor Rhodes/Vocals (Background)
Vaneese Thomas/Vocals (Background)
Marco Vitali/Violin
Jimmy Vivino/Guitar
Kenny White/Bass, Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
Teresa Williams/Vocals (Background)
Peter Wolf/Vocals
REVIEW
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine/ALLMUSIC
Peter Wolf lost his mainstream audience long before he released Fool's Parade in the fall of 1998. By the time the album hit the stores, it had been ten years since he had graced the Top 40, when "Come as You Are" reached number 15. To his credit, Wolf realized he no longer was a pop star, so he decided to continue in the vein of his comeback record, 1996's Long Line. Which is to say, Fool's Parade is a collection of rock & roll, R&B, blues and soul, all delivered with professional showmanship from Wolf, along with a surplus of true heart and passion. It's a mature album in the best sense of the word -- it's clear that Wolf has lived the life he sings about, and he exhibits a sense of craft that only veterans can convey. Following the equally accomplished Long Line, Fool's Parade is proof that veteran rockers need not be washed up or written off, even if they are no longer playing to stadium-sized crowds.
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