Natural Avenue

Untitled

Natural Avenue is an album by John Lodge of The Moody Blues. It received a favourable review from Robert Hillburn in the Los Angeles Times.

It was later re-released on CD in 1987 with one bonus track, "Street Café" (originally released as a single in 1980).

It was released again on Threshold in May 1996 with the additional bonus track "Threw It All Away (the B-side of the "Street Café" single)

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Intro to Children of Rock 'n Roll" (John Lodge) – 1:04
2. "Natural Avenue" (John Lodge) – 3:56
3. "Summer Breeze" (John Lodge) – 5:22
4. "Carry Me" (John Lodge) – 5:42
5. "Who Could Change" (John Lodge) – 6:04

Side 2

1. "Broken Dreams, Hard Road" (John Lodge) – 4:33
2. "Piece Of My Heart" (John Lodge) – 3:56
3. "Rainbow" (John Lodge) – 3:53
4. "Say You Love Me" (John Lodge) – 6:25
5. "Children Of Rock 'n Roll" (John Lodge) – 4:31

1987 CD Bonus Track

11. "Street Café" (John Lodge) – 4:02

1996/2014 Reissue CD Bonus Tracks

11. "Street Café" (John Lodge) – 4:02
12. "Threw It All Away" (John Lodge) – 4:17

"Street Café" produced by Pip Williams
"Threw It All Away" produced by Pip Williams

Personnel

• John Lodge – 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars (1–7, 9, 10), bass (2–10), harmonica (2), vocals
• Steve Simpson – Spanish guitar (1, 9), 6-string acoustic guitars (1, 3–6, 10), electric guitar (2, 6), vocals
• Kenney Jones – drums & percussion (2–10)
• Mick Weaver – piano & organ (2–6, 8–10), electric piano (7), celeste (7)
• Mel Collins – soprano saxophone (2)
• Martin Dobson – alto saxophone (2)
• Jimmy Jewel – saxophone (3, 6)
• Brian Rogers Orchestra – (3–10)
• Chris Spedding – electric guitar (5, 7–10)
• Dennis Lopez – percussion (5)
• Gary Osborne – vocals
• John Richardson – vocals
• Allan Williams – vocals
• Billy Lowrie – vocals

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1977	UK Albums Chart	38
1977	Billboard 200	121

References

• Natural Avenue at AllMusic. Retrieved 21:20, 17 May 2016 (UTC).