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The Lounge Lizards (album)

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The Lounge Lizards
Studio album by
Released1981
RecordedJuly 21–22, 28–29, 1980
StudioCBS, New York City
GenreAvant-garde jazz
LabelE.G.
ProducerTeo Macero[1]
The Lounge Lizards chronology
The Lounge Lizards
(1981)
No Pain for Cakes
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[1]
Sounds[3]
The Village VoiceB+[4]

The 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.[2] The album artwork was designed by the English graphic designer Peter Saville.

Track listing

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All songs written by John Lurie, except where noted.

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

Personnel

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Lounge Lizards
Technical

References

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  1. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 434.
  2. ^ a b Carruthers, Sean. "The Lounge Lizards – The Lounge Lizards". AllMusic. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
  3. ^ Robertson, Sandy (11 April 1981). "Reptiles in rapture". Sounds. p. 37.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (June 29, 1981). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved November 20, 2018.