Tom Peterson and Another Language
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| Studio album / Mini-LP by Tom Peterson and Another Language | |
| Released | 1984 |
| Genre | New wave, power pop |
| Length | 24:24 |
| Label | Enigma Records |
| Producer | Tom Peterson |
Tom Peterson and Another Language is the debut and only (mini)-album from American musician and former Cheap Trick bassist Tom Peterson, under his group name Tom Peterson and Another Language. It was released in 1984.
On August 12, 1980, Petersson left Cheap Trick, shortly after the recording of their fifth studio album All Shook Up with producer George Martin, on August 26, 1980. He left the band to work with his then-wife Dagmar, at the time a European model. Petersson formed a new group with Dagmar, session guitarist Jeffrey Rollings, and drummer Thom Mooney who once played for the 1960s band Nazz, which involved Todd Rundgren on lead guitar. It was reported as early as May 15, 1981, in The Tuscaloosa News that Petersson had formed a new band with his wife on lead vocals. Together the band released the mini-album Tom Peterson and Another Language in 1984, (Petersson dropping the extra pseudo-Swedish 's' from his name), and then toured the North American club scene. The release, which Allmusic writer Doug Stone described as "new wave wildness", was the only release Petersson issued outside of Cheap Trick. Peterson moved to New York during the mid-1980s after that and played shows with his band called Sick Man of Europe, which was the name of a pre-Cheap Trick band he was in with Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen. This was the last anyone heard from the bassist until he accidentally spilled beer in Nielsen's lap at a birthday bash for a member of Duran Duran, which not-so-strangely led to his permanent reunion with the band in 1987, first returning on their 1988 album Lap of Luxury.
The mini-album itself featured six songs which were written by Tom and Dagmar Petersson, except "Rainy Day", which was written by Tom, Dagmar, Nicole Hanson and Michael Conoscenti. The majority of the lead vocals were performed by Dagmar, although Petersson made an occasional vocal appearance, mainly on "My Car" - a track which also featured an instrumental reprise version at the end of side one of the vinyl release. Petersson produced and arranged the record himself, and also played piano, as well as 12 and 18-string bass. The album was recorded at Artisan Sound & Kendun Recorders. The release was not a commercial success, and the band soon split afterwards, and this was followed by the failure of their own marriage. Out of 10,000 vinyl copies printed, it reportedly sold only 323 initially. Although no singles were released from the mini-album, the opening track "Lose Your Mind" was pressed as a 10-inch acetate single, although it was not given a proper single release. This acetate featured just the one track, and was created by Future Disc Systems of West Hollywood in California.
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