Come As You Are is the second solo album by Peter Wolf, released in 1987. "Come As You Are" was a major hit for Wolf, peaking at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for one week.
The music video for "Come As You Are" is based on Bobby Van's memorable "street dance" from Small Town Girl. In the video, Peter Wolf hops around a 1950s small town similar to the one in the movie, and he passes a poster for Small Town Girl as a direct reference to the inspiration for the video.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks written by Peter Wolf, except where noted.
"Can't Get Started" – 3:01
"Love on Ice" (Wolf, Tim Mayer) – 4:12
"Thick as Thieves" (Wolf, Tim Mayer) – 2:59
"Blue Avenue" (Wolf, Mayer, Barry Goldberg) – 4:06
"Wind Me Up" – 2:49
"Come as You Are" (Wolf, Mayer) – 2:43
"Flame of Love" – 4:16
"Mamma Said" (Wolf, Michael Jonzun) – 4:04
"Magic Moon" – 3:39
"2 Lane" – 3:23
"Run Silent Run Deep" (Wolf, Tim Mayer) – 4:39
Personnel
Peter Wolf – vocals, backing vocals
Tommy Mandel – keyboards
Victor LeComer – keyboards
John Songdahl – keyboards
Jeff Golub – guitars
Skip McDonald – guitars
Jim Gregory – bass guitar
Doug Wimbish – bass guitar
Bobby Chouinard – drums
Steve Scales – percussion
Arno Hecht – horns
John Turi – horns
Lani Groves – backing vocals
Frank Simms – backing vocals
George Simms – backing vocals
Bird Taylor – backing vocals
Buck Taylor – backing vocals
Technical personnel
Peter Wolf – producer
Eric "ET" Thorngren – producer, recording, mixing
Gary Wright – recording assistant
Marc Cobrin – mix assistant
Jack Skinner – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
Commercial uses
After its July 1990 acquisition by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, the Brazilian television channel Rede Record used the song "Come as You Are" in a clip. The same song was used in a documentary about 40 years of Brazilian TV, September 18, 1990, from TV Cultura of São Paulo.