Just Fred

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Just Fred
Studio album by Fred Schneider
Released	1996
Genre	New Wave
Label	Warner Brothers
Producer	Steve Albini
Fred Schneider chronology
Fred Schneider & the Shake Society (1984/1991) Just Fred (1996)

Fred Schneider is best known for his work with the band The B-52's. Just Fred was the second of two solo albums.

[edit] Track listing

All lyrics by Fred Schneider, music written as noted, excepting "Coconut" which is written by Harry Nilsson

1. "Whip" (Tim Mosher)
2. "Helicopter" (Richard Barone)
3. "Sugar In My Hog" † (Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet)
4. "Bulldozer" (Mosher)
5. "Coconut"
6. "Center of the Universe" (John Coté)
7. "Radioactive Lady Eyeball" (Mosher)
8. "Lick" † (Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet)
9. "Bad Dream" †† (Richard Barone, Gary Lucas)
10. "Secret Sharer" † (Mosher)
11. "Stroke Of Genius" †† (Mosher)

† = performed by Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
†† = performed by Six Finger Satellite
All others performed by Deadly Cupcake

[edit] Personnel

• Fred Schneider – piano; keyboards; vocals for all tracks
• Richard Barone - co-writer, Helicopter, Bad Dream; arranger, Coconut
• Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
  • Reid Diamond - bass
  • Don Pyle - drums
  • Brian Connelly - guitars
• Six Finger Satellite
  • Jay Ryan - TFA couplet maximizer
  • Richard Pelletier - drums
  • John MacLean - guitar, synth
  • James Apt - bass
• Deadly Cupcake
  • Rick Sims - guitar
  • Russell Simins - drums
  • Tom Zaluckyj - bass