I Don't Want to Go Home

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I Don't Want to Go Home was the first album by seminal New Jersey rock/R&B band Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. The work helped establish the basis of the Jersey Shore sound.

The album features a number of guest artists and duets, a tradition continued in their next album, This Time It's for Real. The track "How Come You Treat Me So Bad" features a duet with Lee Dorsey, while "Broke Down Piece of Man" features a duet with Steven Van Zandt, "It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion) features a duet with Kenny 'Popeye' Pentifallo, and finally "You Mean So Much To Me" features a duet with Ronnie Spector.

Track listing

1. "I Don't Want to Go Home" (Steven Van Zandt) - 3:42
2. "Got to Get You Off My Mind" (Solomon Burke, J.B. Moore) - 3:13
3. "How Come You Treat Me So Bad" (Steven Van Zandt) - 3:23
4. "The Fever" (Bruce Springsteen) - 5:06
5. "Broke Down Piece of Man" (Steve Cropper, Joe Shamwell) - 3:28
6. "Sweeter Than Honey" (Steven Van Zandt) - 3:33
7. "Fanny Mae" (Waymon Glasco, Morris Levy, Clarence L. Lewis) - 3:22
8. "It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion)" (Henry Glover) - 2:46
9. "I Choose to Sing the Blues" (Ray Charles, Billie Holiday) - 2:45
10. "You Mean So Much to Me" (Bruce Springsteen) - 3:44

Personnel

Musicians

• Southside Johnny – lead vocals, harmonica
• Kenny 'Popeye' Pentifallo – drums, vocals (duet "It Ain't the Meat")
• Kevin Kavanaugh – keyboards, vocals
• Billy Rush – guitar
• Alan Berger – bass
• Carlo Novi - tenor sax
• Steven Van Zandt – guitar, vocals (duet "Broke Down Piece of Man")
• Clarence Clemons (credited as Selmon T. Sachs) - bass vocals ("The Fever")
• Lee Dorsey - duet vocals ("How Come You Treat Me So Bad")
• Ronnie Spector - duet vocals ("You Mean So Much To Me")

• The Miami Horns:
  • Rick Gazda – trumpet (mute solo "It Ain't the Meat")
  • Deacon Earl Gardner - trumpet, witness
  • Bob Malach - tenor saxophone
  • Louie 'The Lover' Parenti – trombone
  • Bill Zacagni - baritone saxophone

• Strings:
  • Charles Parker - violin
  • Robert Zelnick - violin
  • Naomi Anner - violin
  • Cathy Tait - violin
  • Nardo Poy - viola
  • Ken Dreyfus - viola

• Revelation (background vocals on "The Fever"):
  • Arnold McCuller
  • Arthur Freeman
  • Phillip Ballou
  • Benny Diggs

Production

• Steven Van Zandt - producer
• Jimmy Iovine - engineer
• Dave Thoener - assistant engineer
• Mitchel Funk - photography
• Paula Scher - designer
• Bud Copeland - stylist

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