Help Yourself is the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Julian Lennon, released in 1991 through Atlantic Records in the US and Virgin Records in the UK.
The album was a commercial success in Europe for Lennon, spawning a UK No. 6 hit "Saltwater" (as well as topping the charts in Australia for four weeks); however, it did not do as well in the US, where Atlantic Records were said to have under-promoted the album.
The album was reissued, along with The Secret Value of Daydreaming and Mr. Jordan, on 8 September 2009 by Noble Rot Records.
Contents
Track listing
Side one
"Rebel King" (Julian Lennon, Anthony Moore, Bob Ezrin) – 5:51
"Saltwater" (Lennon, Mark Spiro, Leslie Spiro) – 4:07
"Get a Life" (Lennon, Glenn Martin Tilbrook, Scott Humphrey) – 4:17
"Would You" (Lennon, Moore) – 6:19
"Maybe I Was Wrong" (Lennon, Justin Clayton) – 4:27
"Help Yourself" (Lennon, John McCurry) – 4:41
Side two
"Listen" (Lennon) – 5:04
"Other Side of Town" (Lennon, Paul Buchanan, Robert Bell) – 5:34
"New Physics Rant" (Lennon, Moore, Ezrin, Humphrey) – 4:48
"Take Me Home" (Lennon, Ezrin, Clayton) – 4:26
"Imaginary Lines" (Lennon, Moore, Clayton, Ezrin) – 5:12
"Keep the People Working" (Moore) – 3:36
Personnel
Musicians
Julian Lennon – lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, mandolin, bass and drum programming, percussion
Bob Ezrin – keyboards, programming, percussion, backing vocals
Scott Humphrey – keyboards, synthesizer programming, computer programming, backing vocals
John Haeny – sound effects
Justin Clayton – guitars
Steve Hunter – guitars
John McCurry – guitars
George Harrison – guitars [uncredited, disputed]
Matt Bissonette – bass guitar
Louis Molino – drums
Allan Schwartzberg – additional drums
Bobbye Hall – percussion
Paul Buchanan – lead vocals (8)
Maxi Anderson – backing vocals
Kim Edwards-Brown – backing vocals
Peter Fletcher – backing vocals
Clydene Jackson – backing vocals
Bobette Jamison-Harrison – backing vocals
Carmen Twillie – backing vocals
Clarise Wilkins – backing vocals
Paul Winger – backing vocals
Production
Bob Ezrin – producer
Lenny Derose – recording
James Guthrie – mixing
Martin Horenburg – recording assistant, mix assistant
Marko Olson – recording assistant
Robert Hrycyna – production supervisor, technical supervisor
Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
PhD – art direction, design
Mark Hanauer – photography
Tony Smith – management
Paddy Spinks – management