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Alive on Arrival is the first album by the American singer-songwriter Steve Forbert, released in 1978.[4]
| Alive on Arrival | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Studio | A&R Studio R1, New York | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 38:18 | |||
| Label | Nemperor | |||
| Producer | Steve Burgh | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Track listing
editAll songs written by Steve Forbert
- "Goin' Down to Laurel" – 4:39
- "Steve Forbert's Midsummer Night's Toast" – 2:49
- "Thinkin'" – 3:25
- "What Kinda Guy?" – 2:34
- "It Isn't Gonna Be That Way" – 4:55
- "Big City Cat" – 3:50
- "Grand Central Station, March 18, 1977" – 4:13
- "Tonight I Feel So Far Away from Home" – 3:14
- "Settle Down" – 3:46
- "You Cannot Win If You Do Not Play" – 4:33
Personnel
edit- Steve Forbert – guitar, harmonica, vocals
- David Sanborn – alto saxophone on "Big City Cat"
- Brian Torff – acoustic bass on "Tonight I Feel So Far from Home"
- Steve Burgh – lead guitar
- Dennis Good – trombone
- Robbie Kondor – organ, piano
- Barry Lazarowitz – drums, tambourine
- Hugh McDonald – bass; electric guitar on "What Kinda Guy?"
- Harvey Shapiro – pedal steel
- Technical
- Glenn Berger, Charles Clifton - engineer
- Danny Fields - front cover photography
References
edit- ^ DeGagne, Mike. Alive on Arrival at AllMusic. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition, p. 485. Virgin Books, London. ISBN 1-85227-832-3
- ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 256.