I Am the Phoenix

1981 studio album by Judie Tzuke

I Am the Phoenix

Studio album by

Judie Tzuke

Released

May 1981

Studio

Ridge Farm Studio, Rusper, Surrey
The Manor, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England

Genre

Pop rock

Length

43:00

Label

Rocket

Producer

Paul Muggleton

Judie Tzuke chronology

Sports Car
(1980)

I Am the Phoenix
(1981)

Shoot the Moon
(1982)

Singles from I Am the Phoenix

"I Never Know Where My Heart Is" / "You Were the Place"
Released: 1981
"Higher and Higher" / "City of Swimming Pools"
Released: 1981

Alternative cover

Big Moon Records 2000 reissue cover

I Am the Phoenix is the title of the third album by the British singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke, released in 1981. It peaked at no.17 on the UK Album Chart.^[1]

Originally released on vinyl and cassette by Elton John's record label named The Rocket Record Company, the album was reissued on CD in 2000 by Tzuke's own record company, Big Moon Records, with new cover artwork.

Track listing

Side one

"Black Furs" (Judie Tzuke, Mike Paxman) – 4:30
"Higher and Higher" (Paul Muggleton, Bob Noble) – 4:35
"Fate's Wheels" (Muggleton, Noble) – 4:59
"Come Hell or Waters High" (Muggleton) – 3:14
"You Were the Place" (Tzuke, Paxman) – 4:58

Side two

"City of Swimming Pools" (Tzuke, Paxman) – 5:39
"You Are the Phoenix" (Muggleton, Noble) – 4:39
"The Flesh Is Weak" (John Edwards, Muggleton, Noble, Paxman, Jeff Rich, Tzuke) – 5:10
"I Never Know Where My Heart Is" (Tzuke, Paxman, Muggleton) – 5:16

Personnel

Band members

Judie Tzuke – vocals
Mike Paxman – guitars
Bob Noble – keyboards
John Edwards – bass
Charlie Morgan – drums
Jeff Rich – drums on tracks 5, 6, 8, 9
Paul Muggleton – background vocals, producer

Additional musicians

Andy Clark – additional keyboards, synthesizer arrangement on "Come Hell or Waters High"
Martin Ditcham – percussion
Eugene Organ, Mike Rogers – acoustic guitars
Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements
Gavyn Wright – strings leader