Tom Verlaine Album Cover

It was released in 1984.

Cover
Studio album by Tom Verlaine
Released	September 1984
Recorded	1984 (1984)
Studio	Blue Rock, New York City Eldorado, Los Angeles Sorcerer Sound, New York City Bearsville, Woodstock Townhouse, London Roundhouse, London
Genre	Post punk
Length	32:39
Label	Virgin
Producer	Tom Verlaine
Tom Verlaine chronology
Words from the Front (1982) Cover (1984) Flash Light (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The New York Times	Favourable
Record Mirror
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

All songs written and composed by Tom Verlaine; except "Five Miles of You" composed with Jimmy Ripp

1. "Five Miles of You" (4:20)
2. "Travelling" (5:00)
3. "O Foolish Heart" (4:28)
4. "Lindi-Lu" (3:40)
5. "Let Go the Mansion" (3:08)
6. "Dissolve/Reveal" (4:41)
7. "Miss Emily" (4:41)
8. "Rotation" (4:11)
9. "Swim" (4:31)

• Tom Verlaine - guitars, solos, vocals, synthesizer; drum machine on "O Foolish Heart", "Let Go the Mansion", "Dissolve/Reveal" and "Swim"
• Jimmy Ripp - guitars, bass on "Swim"
• Fred Smith - bass
• Bill Laswell - bass on "Miss Emily"
• Jay Dee Daugherty - drums on "Five Miles of You" and "Travelling"
• Allan Schwartzberg - drums on "Lindi-Lu", "Miss Emily" and "Rotation"

Technical

• Ray Niznik, Michael Ewasko, Dave Jerden, Mario Salvati, Howard Gray, Steve Brown - engineers
• Jill Furmanovsky - photography

NME ranked it number 18 among the "Albums of the Year" for 1984.