City Lights (Dr. John album)
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| Studio album by Dr. John | ||||
| Released | February 1979 | |||
| Genre | Rhythm and blues, jazz-rock, soul jazz, cool jazz | |||
| Length | 38:29 | |||
| Label | Horizon (SP-732) | |||
| Producer | Tommy LiPuma, Hugh McCracken | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
City Lights is the first album Dr. John recorded for A&M Records' Horizon imprint, released in 1978. Famous painter Neon Park, best known for his associations with and album covers for Little Feat and Frank Zappa, provided the album artwork, as indicated by his name being included in the corner on the cover.
Track listing
All songs written by Mac Rebennack (Dr. John) except where noted
Side One
- "Dance the Night Away With You" (Rebennack, Doc Pomus) - 4:06
- "Street Side" - 6:01
- "Wild Honey" (Rebennack, Bobby Charles) - 4:10
- "Rain" - 4:48
Side Two
- "Snake Eyes" - 6:44
- "Fire of Love" (Rebennack, Alvin Robinson) - 3:58
- "Sonata (instrumental)/He's a Hero" (Pomus, Rebennack) - 5:20
- "City Lights" (Pomus, Rebennack) - 3:22
Personnel
- Musicians
- Dr. John - piano, vocals
- Hugh McCracken - acoustic & electric guitars
- John Tropea - acoustic & electric guitars
- Will Lee - bass
- Steve Gadd - drums
- Richard Tee - Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ, clavinet, synthesizer
- Arthur Jenkins - percussion
- Charlie Miller - cornet
- George Young - tenor saxophone
- David Sanborn - alto saxophone
- Ronnie Cuber - baritone saxophone
- Barry Rogers - Trombone
- Danny Stiles - trumpet[citation needed]
- Ronnie Barron - Background vocals
- George & Nancy Jones - Background vocals
- Tamiya Lynn - Background vocals
- Alvin Robinson - Background vocals
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- ↑ Jurek, Thom. "City Lights - Dr. John" at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
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