Flash Light (album)
# Flash Light (album)

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Blender | |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
| Record Mirror | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |

Flash Light is Tom Verlaine's fifth solo album. After a three-year hiatus, during which Verlaine lived in both New York and Europe, he released the album with a large amount of promotion and touring in the UK.

It was recorded by Mario Salvati at Sorcerer 2, New York City except "The Scientist Writes a Letter", engineered by Mark Wallis. Mixed by Paul O'Duffy at Sarm West, London.

The cover artwork was by Susan Hiller, who also created the cover artwork for the accompanying 7-inch singles, 'Cry Mercy Judge' and 'A Town Called Walker'. Layout by John Rimmer at Pointblanc.

## Track listing

All songs written by Tom Verlaine

### Side one

* "Cry Mercy Judge"
* "Say a Prayer"
* "A Town Called Walker"
* "Song"
* "The Scientist Writes a Letter"

### Side two

* "Bomb"
* "4 A.M."
* "The Funniest Thing"
* "Annie's Telling Me"
* "One Time at Sundown"

## Personnel

* Tom Verlaine - guitar, vocals
* Jimmy Ripp - guitar
* Fred Smith - bass
* Allan Schwartzberg - drums
* Andy Newmark - drums on "The Scientist Writes a Letter"

### Technical

* Mark Wallis - engineer on "The Scientist Writes a Letter"
* Paul O'Duffy - mixing
* Mario Salvati - recording
* Susan Hiller - cover artwork
* John Rimmer - cover layout

## Charts

Album

| Year | Country | Chart | Peak position | Citation |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1987 | UK | UK Official Album Chart | 99 | |

Singles

| Year | Country | Single | Chart | Peak position | Citation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1987 | UK | "Cry Mercy Judge" | UK Official Singles Chart | 99 | |
