Casual Gods is the second album by American musician
Jerry Harrison, released in January 1988 by
Sire Records in the U.S. and
Fontana Records in the UK and Europe. His third album, Walk on Water, would also bear the Casual Gods name as a proxy for the band.
The track "Man with a Gun" was featured in the 1988 film Two Moon Junction, and the instrumental version of the same song was used in the 1986
Jonathan Demme film Something Wild. The track "Cherokee Chief" first appeared on the 1987 Sire Records promotional sampler Just Say Yes. The single "
Rev It Up" peaked at No. 7 on the U.S.
Album Rock Tracks chart. The album cover features a photograph of the
Serra Pelada gold mine by Brazilian photographer
Sebastião Salgado.
Track listing
All tracks were written by
Jerry Harrison, except where indicated.
"
Rev It Up" (Jerry Harrison, John Sieger, Ernie Brooks) – 4:17
"Song of Angels" – 3:35
"Man with a Gun" – 4:35
"Let It Come Down" – 4:52
"Cherokee Chief" (Harrison, Brooks) – 4:30
"A Perfect Lie" (Harrison,
Arthur Russell, Brooks) – 4:25
"Are You Running?" (Harrison, Brooks, Monique Dayan) – 4:20
"Breakdown in the Passing Lane" – 4:37
"A.K.A. Love" (Harrison, Brooks) – 4:10
"We're Always Talking" (Harrison, Brooks) – 4:40
"Bobby" (Harrison, Brooks) – 4:03
"Bobby" (Extended Mix) (Harrison, Brooks) – 6:58
The extended mix of "Bobby" did not appear on the LP or cassette versions of the album but was featured as the B-side of the "Rev It Up" 7-inch single. "Breakdown in the Passing Lane" was not on the original U.S. LP release.