Hurt Me (album)

1984 studio album by Johnny Thunders

Hurt Me

Studio album by

Johnny Thunders

Released

1984

Recorded

October–November 1983

Studio

Studios WW, Paris, France

Genre

Rock & roll

Label

New Rose Records

Producer

Johnny Thunders, Christopher Giercke

Johnny Thunders chronology

In Cold Blood
(1983)

Hurt Me
(1984)

Que Sera Sera
(1985)

Hurt Me is an album by the American musician Johnny Thunders, released in 1984.^[1]^[2] It was recorded in Paris, with just an acoustic guitar.^[3] Richard Hell wrote the lyrics to the title track.^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	7/10^[7]
Uncut	^[8]

The Omaha World-Herald wrote: "Instead of rocking out, he sounds haunting and barely hopeful. Perhaps he intended to make such an intensely personal album. Or maybe he just didn't want to pay a band."^[9]

Track listing

Side A

All tracks composed by Johnny Thunders; except where indicated

"Sad Vacation"
"Eve of Destruction" (P.F. Sloan)
"Too Much Too Soon" (Thunders, Sylvain Sylvain)
"Joey Joey" (Bob Dylan)
"I'm a Boy I'm a Girl"
"Go Back to Go" (Thunders, Sylvain Sylvain)
"I Like to Play Games"
"Hurt Me" (Thunders, Richard Hell)
"Illegitimate Son of Segovia"
"It Ain't Me Babe" (Bob Dylan)

Side B

"Diary of a Lover"
"I'd Rather Be With the Boys (Than Girls Like You)" (Keith Richards, Andrew Loog Oldham)
"You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory"
"She's So Untouchable"
"Ask Me No Questions"
"She's So Strange"
"Lonely Planet Boy" (David Johansen)
"M.I.A."
"Cosa Nostra"

Personnel

Johnny Thunders - guitar, vocals
Charlotte - backing vocals on "I'd Rather Be With the Boys"

Technical

Patrick Woindrich - engineer
Kathy Findlay - cover photography

References

^ "Johnny Thunders Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Johnny Thunders". Trouser Press. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Johnny Thunders Hurt Me". Ox-Fanzine. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ Hell, Richard (Dec 1986). "Sweet Excess". Spin. 2 (9): 22.
^ "Hurt Me - Johnny Thunders | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 269–270.
^ Cox, Tom (December 1997). "Johnny Thunders: In Cold Blood / Hurt Me". Uncut. No. 7. p. 88.
^ Catlin, Roger (February 7, 1984). "Johnny Thunders hasn't exactly been prolific...". Omaha World-Herald.