countertenor voice to a synthesizer arrangement by keyboard player Jack Waldman. Bookending the album are the tracks "From Beyond" and "Return," both based on the choral piece "If My Complaints Could Passions Move" by Renaissance composer John Dowland. The wordless melodies are delivered by Nomi to an atmospheric synthesizer backing. Reception In a retrospective review, AllMusic's Sean Carruthers wrote that "while the album starts out promisingly with an atmospheric fade-in followed by a hard dance number with the occasional Birthday Party-style guitar thrown in, the rest of the album did its damnedest to move the album's overall tone to one of self-parody." As examples, he pointed out the "hyper-sugary" cover of "Just One Look," the "faux-country disco" of "Rubberband Lazer," and the version of "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead." Dismissing most of the album as "kitsch," Carruthers felt that Nomi's "true capabilities are shown off by his versions of classical works." Track listing Personnel Musicians Klaus Nomi – vocals, backing vocals (2-4, 8, 10), arrangement (5) Kristian Hoffman – keyboards (2, 8, 10), synthesizer (8), percussion (8), arrangements (2, 4, 8, 10) Jack Waldman – synthesizer (1, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12), percussion (1), sound effects (6, 9), arrangements (1, 7, 11, 12) Tommy Mandel – keyboards (3, 5), synthesizer (6, 9) Jon Cobert – keyboards (4) Man Parrish – synthesizer programming (2, 5, 6, 8, 10) Scott Woody – guitar (4), pedal steel guitar (6) George Elliott – guitar (5, 9), percussion (9), arrangements (5, 9) Robert Mache – guitar (2, 8, 10), bass (2) Jimmy Zhivago – guitar (3, 9) John Kay – bass (3, 5, 6, 9) Rick Pascual – bass (4) Kevin Tooley – drums (2, 6, 8, 10) Robert Medici – drums (3, 5, 9), backing vocals (9) Daniel Elfassy – drums (4), percussion (2, 8-10) Paul Rutner – additional drums (8) Steve Elson – saxophone (3) Michael Levine – violin (6, 9) Julie Burger – backing vocals (4) Technical Ron Johnsen – producer, mixing Klaus Nomi – producer Carl Casella – engineer, mixing Paul Silvestro – assistant engineer Page Wood – art direction Randy L. Dunbar – art direction Maxine St. Clair – cover photograph References 1982 albums Klaus Nomi albums RCA Records albums