The Blasters - The Blasters (1981)
Tracklist front / back album covers
"Marie Marie" – 2:07
"No Other Girl" – 2:29
"I'm Shakin'" (Rudy Toombs) – 2:22
"Border Radio" – 2:47
"American Music" – 2:10
"So Long Baby Goodbye" – 2:24
"Hollywood Bed" – 3:33
"Never No Mo' Blues" (Elsie McWilliams, Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:47
"This Is It" – 2:15
"Highway 61" (Albert Luandrew) – 3:00
"I Love You So" (Bo Diddley) – 2:51
"Stop the Clock" (Bob Ehret, Damon Robertson) – 1:56
The Blasters Band Members / Musicians
Phil Alvin – guitar, harmonica, vocals
Dave Alvin – lead guitar
John Bazz – bass
Bill Bateman – drums
Gene Taylor – piano
Additional musicians
Lee Allen – tenor saxophone
Steve Berlin – baritone saxophone
The Blasters – production
Roger Harris – associate production, engineering
Art Fein – associate production
Pat Burnette – engineering
David Ahlert – engineering (second engineer)
Gustav Alsina – cover design
Steve Bartel – art direction
The Blasters is the 2nd album by American rock and roll band The Blasters. Originally released in the United States by the independent label Slash Records, its later strong sales performance required a deal for wider distribution with Warner Bros. Records. The album was well received, being ranked among the top 10 albums of 1982 by Time magazine and peaking at number 36 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart.
The album was issued in the United Kingdom via F-Beat Records. The British album featured different artwork from the American version, which depicts lead singer Phil Alvin in what was later described as "the way he contorts his face between almost every verse in his trademark grinning-skull grimace."
