Track Listing
1. Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
2. First Cut is the Deepest, The
3. Fool For You
4. Killing of Georgie, The (Part I and II)
5. Balltrap, The
6. Pretty Flamingo
7. Big Bayou
8. Wild Side of Life, The
9. Trade Winds
10. Rosie
1. Share [Studio Outtake] - (previously unreleased)
2. Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright) [Early Version] - (previously unreleased)
3. First Cut is the Deepest [Early Version], The - (previously unreleased)
4. Fool For You [Early Version] - (previously unreleased)
5. Killing of Georgie, The (Part II) [Early Version] - (previously unreleased)
6. Balltrap [Early Version], The - (previously unreleased)
7. Pretty Flamingo [Early Version] - (previously unreleased)
8. Big Bayou [Early Version] - (previously unreleased)
9. Wild Side of Life [Early Version], The - (previously unreleased)
10. Trade Winds [Early Version] - (previously unreleased)
11. Rosie [Early Version] - (previously unreleased)
12. Get Back [Alternate Version] - (previously unreleased)
13. Killing of Georgie, The (Part III) [Alternate Vocals] - (previously unreleased)
14. Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright) [Spoken Excerpt] - (previously unreleased)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Al Jackson, David Lindley, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Fred Tackett, Joe Walsh, Steve Cropper, Tower Of Power | | Producer: | Andy Zax (Reissue), Cheryl Pawelski (Reissue), Tom Dowd | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Rod Stewart (vocals); Steve Cropper, W. Peek, J. Davis, David Lindley, Fred Tackett, Joe Walsh (guitar); J. Jumonville, Plas Johnson (tenor saxophone); Tower Of Power Horns (horns); J. Jarvis, David Foster, Barry. Beckett, J. Smith (keyboards); Donald "Duck" Dunn, Robert Glaub, D. Hood, Willie Weeks, Lee Sklar (bass); Roger Hawkins, R. Schlosser, Andy Newmark, Al Jackson (drums); T. Vig, J. Lala (percussion); J. Horowitz, M. Lewis, Arif Mardin (string arrangements).
Recorded at Cherokee Recording Studios, Hollywood, California and Muscle Shoals Sound, Alabama.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Personnel: David Lindley (guitar); Willie Peek, Joe Walsh, Steve Cropper (guitars); Jimmy Horowitz, M. Lewis, Arif Mardin (strings); Jerry Jumonville, Plas Johnson (tenor saxophone); Tower Of Power (horns); David Foster , John Jarvis (keyboards); R. Glaub, Dave Dunn, David Hood, Lee Sklar, Willie Weeks (bass guitar); Al Jackson, Andy Newmark, Roger Hawkins, Rick Schlosser (drums); T. Vig, Joe Lala (percussion).
Recording information: Criteria, Miami,Fl.
Ensemble: Tower Of Power.
Arrangers: Jimmy Horowitz; M. Lewis; Arif Mardin.
Coming on the heels of his departure from The Faces, A NIGHT ON THE TOWN was Rod Stewart's first solo album. With his usual collaborator Ron Wood now a member of the Rolling Stones, Stewart gathered together an impressive group of backing musicians that included Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn and Al Jackson of Booker T & The MG's, Joe Walsh, the Tower Of Power horn section and multi-instrumentalist David Lindley. Dividing the album up into fast and slow sides, Stewart chose an interesting batch of songs, included some notable self-penned compositions. These include the tragic "The Killing Of Georgie (Part I And II)," about the murder of a gay friend, and the ultra-sexy ballad "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)." Along with a delicate rendering of Cat Stevens' "The First Cut Is The Deepest," these songs provided a perfect springboard for the more sprightly fast side. "The Balltrap" is a clever Stewart composition about a sinister femme fatale. "The Wild Side Of Life" and Gib Gilbeau's "Big Bayou" make for a perfect marriage of Chuck Berry stomp and country twang.
Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - ...More coherent [thanhis debut, ATLANTIC CROSSING]...home to both the stunning, self-penned 'Killing Of Georgie'...and Stewart's superlative reading of 'The First Cut Is The Deepest'...
Q (11/01/2000)
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