Alive on Arrival
1978 studio album by Steve Forbert
Alive on Arrival | ||||
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Studio album by Steve Forbert | ||||
Released | 1978 | |||
Recorded | 1977 | |||
Studio | A&R Studio R1, New York | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 38:18 | |||
Label | Nemperor | |||
Producer | Steve Burgh | |||
Steve Forbert chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Christgau's Record Guide | B[2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Alive on Arrival is the first album by the American singer-songwriter Steve Forbert, released in 1978.[4]
Track listing
All 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
- 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
- ^ 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.
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Steve Forbert
- Alive on Arrival (1978)
- Jackrabbit Slim (1979)
- Little Stevie Orbit (1980)
- Streets of This Town (1988)
- The American in Me (1992)
- Mission of the Crossroad Palms (1995)
- The Best of Steve Forbert: What Kinda Guy? (1993)
- "Romeo's Tune" (1979)