Miami (The Gun Club album)


Miami is the second studio album by punk blues group The Gun Club, released in 1982. It was released on Blondie
guitarist Chris Stein's label, Animal Records. Stein also produced the album.
Debbie Harry appears as a backing singer on various tracks on the album under the pseudonym "D.H. Laurence Jr." The album front cover photograph doesn't include Rob Ritter who had already left the band. Before leaving, Ritter first taught all the bass-lines to his ex-Bags bandmate Patricia Morrison.
Billy Idol had met up with Pierce in an L.A. bar around the time of 'Miami' and later revealed his commercial hit "White Wedding" had been an attempt to emulate the Gun Club's "Mother of Earth" from the Miami album. The song was covered by alt-country band The Sadies on their 2001 album Tremendous Efforts and also by Swedish band bob hund, but with lyrics in Swedish, as “Mamma din jord” on their 2019 album “0-100”.

Track listing

All songs written by Jeffrey Lee Pierce except as indicated.
;Side one
  1. "Carry Home" - 3:14
  2. "Like Calling Up Thunder" - 2:29
  3. "Brother and Sister" - 2:57
  4. "Run Through the Jungle" - 4:07
  5. "A Devil in the Woods" - 3:05
  6. "Texas Serenade" - 4:40
;Side two
  1. "Watermelon Man" - 4:11
  2. "Bad Indian" - 2:37
  3. "John Hardy" - 3:21
  4. "Fire of Love" - 2:14
  5. "Sleeping in Blood City" - 3:29
  6. "Mother of Earth" - 3:21

    Personnel

The Gun Club

"Special thanks to: Bob Singerman, Linda Cuckovich, Chris D., Robyn Weiss, Lois Graham, Lux Interior, Ivy Rorschach, Kid Congo, Linda Jones, Chris Stein and D.H. Laurence, Jr."

Reception

Miami was ranked among the top fifty "Albums of the Year" for 1982 by NME.