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Samm Bennett and Chunk

Life of Crime

(Knitting Factory Works, KFWCD-110) (CD)

For the jacket photo and sound clip of track 2, go to the Life of Crime page on the Knitting Factory web site.

  1. Life of Crime (3:11)
  2. Demolition (2:32)
  3. Come and Gone (3:57)
  4. Maddalena OK (3:53)
  5. Killer Road (3:53)
  6. Business as Usual (3:39)
  7. Hell Outta Bessemer (3:14)
  8. Shut Up (3:51)
  9. The Front Lines (3:17)
  10. Welcome to the War (2:58)
  11. New York Transit Cop (3:10)
  12. All Undone (3:00)
  13. GonnaWanna (2:58)
  14. I Found Out (3:21)
  15. In My Dream (3:08)

Chunk
Samm Bennett: electric and/or acoustic percussion, vocals, etc.
the dog: guitar (1-11, 13, 14); vocal (1, 2, 4, 9, 11); recorder (4, 13); harmonica (5, 6, 9); bass (6); tenor guitar (13); little tiny bells (13)
Oren Bloedow: bass (2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14); vocal (2, 7, 8, 11)
Jerome Harris: bass (1, 3, 4, 9, 13); vocal (1, 4, 9); pennywhistle (4)
Billy Martin: tamborim (2); drums (7, 10, 11); berimbau (8); vocal (11)
Tim Spelios: drums (1, 4, 9, 13); rims and toms (6); shekere and tambourine (12)
David Simons: jaw harp (12)

All words and music by Samm Bennett, except track 14 (words and music by John Lennon) and track 8 (words by E.N. Brookings and music by Samm Bennett)

Recorded at Water Music in Hoboken, New Jersey by Hahn Rowe (2, 7, 10, 11, 14) and by John Sikett (1, 3-6, 9, 13), and at Firehouse Studio in Brooklyn, New York City by Yoram Vazan (8, 12, 15)
Mixed at Firehouse studio by Yoram Vazan
Jacket design: Samm Bennett
Produced by Samm Bennett

Released 1991