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The Lounge Lizards (album)

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Lounge Lizards
Studio album by
Released1981
RecordedJuly 21–22, 28–29, 1980
StudioCBS Recording Studios, New York City
GenreAvant-garde jazz
LabelEG
ProducerTeo Macero
The Lounge Lizards chronology
Lounge Lizards
(1981)
No Pain for Cakes
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Village VoiceB+[2]

Lounge Lizards is the first album by The Lounge Lizards. It features hectic instrumental jazz. The songs are mostly composed by band leader and saxophone player John Lurie.[1] The album artwork was designed by the English graphic designer Peter Saville.

Track listing

All songs written by John Lurie except where noted.

  1. "Incident on South Street" – 3:21
  2. "Harlem Nocturne" – 2:04 (Earle Hagen)
  3. "Do The Wrong Thing" – 2:39 (John Lurie, Steve Piccolo)
  4. "Au Contraire Arto" – 3:22
  5. "Well You Needn't" – 1:53 (Thelonious Monk)
  6. "Ballad" – 3:22
  7. "Wangling" – 2:58
  8. "Conquest of Rar" – 3:12 (John Lurie, Evan Lurie, Anton Fier)
  9. "Demented" – 2:01
  10. "I Remember Coney Island" – 3:27
  11. "Fatty Walks" – 2:51
  12. "Epistrophy" – 4:12 (Thelonious Monk, Kenneth Clarke)
  13. "You Haunt Me" – 3:40

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Carruthers, Sean. "The Lounge Lizards – The Lounge Lizards". AllMusic. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (June 29, 1981). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved November 20, 2018.