Break Like the Wind

Break Like the Wind
Studio album by Spinal Tap
Released	1992
Genre	Heavy metal, comedy rock, psychedelic rock
Length	49:54
Label	MCA Records
Producer	Spinal Tap, T-Bone Burnett, Dave Jerden, Danny Kortchmar, Steve Lukather
Spinal Tap chronology
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Break Like the Wind (1992) Back from the Dead (2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Break Like the Wind is a 1992 album by the semi-fictional band Spinal Tap. The songs include a range of genres, from the glam metal anthem "Bitch School" down to the skiffle satire of "All the Way Home". The title, and the album's title track, is a double entendre that combines and confuses the idiom "make like the wind" with "break wind", a euphemism for flatulence.

Originally, the CD was packaged in an 18-inch "extra-long box," as a satire against the controversial packaging policy of longboxes which was increasingly criticized as unnecessary and wasteful.

Backstory

In the film This Is Spinal Tap, David St. Hubbins (portrayed by Michael McKean) and Nigel Tufnel (portrayed by Christopher Guest) claim "All the Way Home" is the first song they wrote together, and that six years after it was written, David and Nigel recorded the song in December 1961. The film recounts the two being in different bands, David in the 'Creatures' and Nigel with the 'Lovely Lads'. Similarly, "The Sun Never Sweats" is implied to be the title track from their fictitious album of the same name, whose cover is shown on the packaging of the album This Is Spinal Tap.

Track listing

All tracks by David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel & Derek Smalls except where noted

Personnel

Spinal Tap

• Rhyan Gordon – guitar and baseball bat
• Ric Shrimpton (R.J. Parnell) – drums and percussion
• Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) – bass guitar and vocals
• David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) – lead vocals and guitar
• Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) – lead guitar and vocals
• C. J. Vanston – keyboards

Additional personnel

• Jeff Beck – guitar on "Break Like the Wind"
• Cher – vocals on "Just Begin Again"
• Walter Becker – liner notes
• Steve Lukather – guitar on "Break Like the Wind"
• Joe Satriani – guitar on "Break Like the Wind"
• Slash – guitar on "Break Like the Wind"
• Timothy B. Schmit – background vocals on "Christmas with the Devil" and "Cash On Delivery"
• Waddy Wachtel – slide guitar on "Stinkin' Up the Great Outdoors"
• Dweezil Zappa – guitar on "Diva Fever"

"Break Like the Wind" samples the classical guitar piece Concierto de Aranjuez by Rodrigo.^[4]

See also

• Spinal Tap discography

References