Tribe (Bernie Taupin album)

Tribe
Studio album by Bernie Taupin
Released	1987
Genre	Rock/Pop
Length	48:06
Label	RCA
Producer	Martin Page
Bernie Taupin chronology
He Who Rides The Tiger (1980) Tribe (1987) Last Stand in Open Country (w/ Farm Dogs) (1996)

Tribe is a 1987 solo album by Bernie Taupin issued by RCA Records. The album includes the two singles, "Friend of the Flag" and "Citizen Jane". Music videos were made for both singles.

Track listing

All songs written by Bernie Taupin and Martin Page. Two other songs written by Taupin and Page around the same time, "Backbone" and "White Boys in Chains," were used as the B-sides to the singles "Friend of the Flag" and "Citizen Jane," respectively.

1. "Friend of the Flag" (4:37)
2. "Corrugated Iron" (4:54)
3. "Citizen Jane" (4:55)
4. "Hold Back the Night" (4:46)
5. "She Sends Shivers" (with Martha Davis) (4:21)
6. "Billy Fury" (with Elton John) (4:44)
7. "I Still Can't Believe That You're Gone" (5:15)
8. "Conquistador" (4:36)
9. "The New Lone Ranger" (4:59)
10. "Desperation Train" (5:11)

Personnel

Tribe (the "band")

• Bernie Taupin: Lead vocals
• Martin Page: Electric and Fretless bass, drum and percussion programming, additional keyboards, vocals
• Brian Fairweather: Guitars, vocals
• Paul Fox: Keyboards
• Craig Krampf: Drums, additional drum programming, vocals

Additional musicians

• Bruce Hornsby: Piano, accordion
• Larry Williams: Saxophone
• Hammer Smith: Harmonica
• Fred Mandel: Keyboards
• Paul Delph: Keyboards, backing vocals

Additional Backing vocalists

• Stevie Bensusen, John Cannon, Alan Carvell, Tommy Funderburk, Elton John, Shirley Lewis, Gordon Neville, Sylvia St. James, Hamish Stuart, Margaret Taylor

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