XYZ (Andy Summers album)

XYZ
Studio album by Andy Summers
Released 1987
Recorded Summer 1986
Genre Pop, New Wave
Length 38:37
Label MCA
Producer David Hentschel, Andy Summers
Andy Summers chronology
Bewitched
with Robert Fripp
(1984)		 XYZ
(1987)		 Mysterious Barricades
(1988)

XYZ is a 1987 album by Andy Summers. It is the first Andy Summers solo album and the only one to feature his vocals, though an uncredited vocal by Summers appears on World Gone Strange. The title "XYZ" comes from the middle names of Summers's three children. His daughter Layla (born 1978) has the middle name 'Z', and his twin sons, Maurice and Anton, (born 1987) have the middle names 'X' and 'Y' respectively. The album was recorded in Venice Beach in 1986 at Devo's studio. Summers' portrait on the cover is by Anton Corbijn.

Track listing

All lyrics by Andy Summers, and all tracks composed by Andy Summers except "Nowhere", "How Many Days" and "Hold Me" composed by Summers and David Hentschel, and "XYZ" composed by Summers, Hentschel and Charlotte Caffey.

Side one

  1. "Love is the Strangest Way"
  2. "How Many Days"
  3. "Almost There"
  4. "Eyes of a Stranger"
  5. "The Change"

Side two

  1. "Scary Voices"
  2. "Nowhere"
  3. "XYZ"
  4. "The Only Road"
  5. "Hold Me"

Another track, "Carry Me Back Home" (5:04), was recorded during the XYZ sessions for the soundtrack of the film Band of the Hand and released on the B-side of the 12-inch version of the "Love is the Strangest Way" single.

Personnel

References

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