Fool's Parade

Not to be confused with Fools' Parade.

Fool's Parade is the fifth solo album by Peter Wolf, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music). The album was named one of the Essential Recordings of the '90s by Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner.

Fool's Parade
Studio album by Peter Wolf
Released	September 29, 1998
Recorded	Sear Sound, New York City
Genre	Rock
Length	42:28
Label	Mercury
Producer	Peter Wolf Stanley Jordan Taylor Rhodes Kenny White
Peter Wolf chronology
Long Line (1996) Fool's Parade (1998) Sleepless (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AMG

Track listing

1. "Long Way Back Again" (Will Jennings, Wolf) – 3:43
2. "Turnin' Pages" (Taylor Rhodes, Wolf) – 3:38
3. "Anything at All" (Jennings, John L. Keller, Wolf) – 4:30
4. "Pleasing to Me" (Jennings, Wolf) – 3:36
5. "The Cold Heart of the Stone" (Jennings, Wolf) – 3:02
6. "All Torn Up" (Rhodes, Wolf) – 4:13
7. "Roomful of Angels" (Rhodes, Wolf) – 4:29
8. "If You Wanna Be with Somebody" (Steve Jordan, Wolf) – 4:01
9. "I'd Rather Be Blind, Crippled and Crazy" (Darryl Carter, Charles Hodges, O. V. Wright) – 3:31
10. "Ride Lonesome, Ride Hard" (Jennings, Wolf) – 4:05
11. "Waiting on the Moon" (Jennings, Wolf) – 3:40

Personnel

• Peter Wolf – vocals, backing vocals (7, 10)
• Leon Pendarvis – keyboards (1, 2, 8, 9, 10), backing vocals (10)
• Kenny White – keyboards (1-6, 9, 11), guitars (8, 10), backing vocals (8, 10), bass (9)
• Steve Jordan – keyboards (8), guitars (8), bass (8), drums (8)
• Cornell Dupree – guitars (1, 9)
• Duke Levine – guitars (1-6, 9, 10, 11), backing vocals (10)
• Jeff Golub – guitars (2, 6, 11)
• Taylor Rhodes – guitars (2, 7), backing vocals (2, 7)
• Jimmy Vivino – guitars (6)
• Johnny A. – guitars (10), backing vocals (10)
• Will Lee – bass (1, 2, 10), backing vocals (10)
• John Conte – bass (3-7, 11)
• Shawn Pelton – drums (1-5, 7, 10, 11), backing vocals (10)
• Tony Beard – drums (6, 9)
• Bashiri Johnson – percussion (1-6, 8-11), backing vocals (10)
• Marco Vitali – violin (1, 11)
• The Uptown Horns (4, 6, 9)
  • Crispin Cioe – saxophones
  • Arno Hecht – saxophones
  • Bob Funk – trombone
  • Larry Etkin – trumpet
• Ada Dyer – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10), vocals (4)
• Robert White Johnson – backing vocals (2)
• Curtis King – backing vocals (2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9)
• Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
• Teresa Williams – backing vocals (3)
• Steve Conte – backing vocals (5), guitars (9)

Technical personnel

• Peter Wolf – producer
• Kenny White – producer
• Taylor Rhodes – producer (7), additional engineer
• Steve Jordan – producer (8), additional engineer
• Rob Eaton – engineer, mixing
• Dave Fisher – assistant engineer
• Karen Rome – assistant engineer
• Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, ME)
• Jayne Gradd – project coordinator
• Margery Greenspan – art direction
• Nancy Hodgins – photography
• Ken Schles – photography
• Betty Bonney – business coordinator
• Mimi Fox – business coordinator
• Paul Sternburg – business coordinator

External links

• Fool's Parade at Discogs (list of releases)
• Fool's Parade at MusicBrainz (list of releases)