Coup de Grâce (Mink DeVille album)

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Coup de Grace, issued in 1981, is the fourth album by the rock band Mink DeVille. The album represented a departure for the band, as frontman Willy DeVille dimissed the only other remaining original member of the band, guitarist Louis X. Erlanger, and hired Helen Schneider's backup band ("The Kick") to record the album.[1] Moreover, the album was recorded for Atlantic (Mink DeVille had previously recorded with Capitol).

"I had band problems, manager problems, record company problems," DeVille told the New York Times. "And yeah, I had drug problems. Finally I got a new recording contract, with Atlantic, and a new manager. I cleaned up my act. I figured that since playing music with people I was friends with didn't seem to work out, I would hire some mercenaries, some cats who just wanted to play and get paid. And those guys turned out to be more devoted to the music than any band I ever had. They're professional, precise, but they're full of fire, too."[2]

Jack Nitzsche produced the album, his third for Mink DeVille, along with Willy DeVille (the song "Love Me Like You Did Before" was produced by Willy DeVille and Thom Panunzio). Dutch rock magazine OOR named Coup de Grace the fifth best album of 1981.[3]

Track listing

Except as otherwise noted, all songs by Willy DeVille.

  1. "Just Give Me One Good Reason" – 3:17
  2. "Help Me Make It (Power of a Woman's Love)" (Eddie Hinton) – 4:09
  3. "Maybe Tomorrow" – 2:56
  4. "Teardrops Must Fall" – 4:12
  5. "You Better Move On" (Arthur Alexander) – 3:00
  6. "Love & Emotion" – 3:40
  7. "So in Love Are We" (Willy DeVille, R. Rich) – 3:42
  8. "Love Me Like You Did Before" – 3:15
  9. "She Was Made in Heaven" – 2:59
  10. "End of the Line" – 2:49

Personnel

External links

References

  1. ^ Editors After Cabretta.]Willy DeVille Web site.
  2. ^ Palmer, Robert (September 25, 1981) "Pop Jazz; Willy DeVille and the Mink in Weekend at the Savoy." New York Times.
  3. ^ OOR End of the Year Lists. "Critics Top 10 Albums – 1981 ." OOR.
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