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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Night Lights
| Type =[[Album]]
| name = Night Lights
| Artist = [[Elliott Murphy]]
| type = Album
| Cover = Nightlights.jpg
| artist = [[Elliott Murphy]]
| Released = 1975
| cover = Nightlights.jpg
| Recorded = 1975
| alt =
| released = 1975
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| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| Length =
| recorded = Autumn 1975
| Label = [[RCA]]
| venue =
| Producer = [[Steve Katz]]
| studio = [[Electric Lady Studios]], New York City
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| genre = Rock
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| Last album = [[Lost Generation (album)]]<br />(1975)
| length =
| This album = ''Night Lights''<br />(1976)
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| label = [[RCA Records|RCA]]
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| Next album =[[Just A Story From America]]<br />(1977)
| producer = [[Steve Katz (musician)|Steve Katz]]
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| prev_title = [[Lost Generation (album)|Lost Generation]]
| prev_year = 1975
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| next_title = [[Just a Story from America]]
| next_year = 1977
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000838216|first=William|last=Ruhllmann}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000838216|first=William|last=Ruhllmann}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
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| rev2 =
|rev2Score = C+<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: M|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=M&bk=70|accessdate=March 8, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
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'''''Night Lights''''' was the third major label album by [[singer-songwriter]] [[Elliott Murphy]] produced by [[Steve Katz]] and recorded at [[Electric Lady Studio]] and was reviewed by [[Paul Nelson (critic)|Paul Nelson]] in [[Rolling Stone]]. The album featured guest appearances by fellow Long Island native [[Billy Joel]] and former Velvet Underground member [[Doug Yule]]. The cover photo of Murphy standing in [[Times Square]] early one Sunday Morning was taken by photographer [[Michael Dakota]] although stylized by [[Steven Meisel]]
'''''Night Lights''''' is the third major label album by singer-songwriter [[Elliott Murphy]] produced by [[Steve Katz (musician)|Steve Katz]] and recorded at [[Electric Lady Studio]]. It was reviewed by [[Dave Marsh]] in [[Rolling Stone]],<ref name=marsh>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elliottmurphy.com/downloads/rsnightlights.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=September 26, 2016 |archive-date=June 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619160303/http://www.elliottmurphy.com/downloads/rsnightlights.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> where he wrote, "In 1973 and 1974 it seemed to many of us in New York that it was a tossup whether Bruce Springsteen, the native poet of the mean streets, or Elliott Murphy, the slumming suburbanite with the ironic eye would became a national hero."<ref name=marsh/> The album featured guest appearances by fellow Long Island native [[Billy Joel]] and former Velvet Underground member [[Doug Yule]]. The cover photo of Murphy standing in [[Times Square]] early one Sunday Morning was taken by photographer Michael Dakota although stylised by [[Steven Meisel]]. The song "Lady Stilletto" was thought to be an homage to [[Patti Smith]].<ref name=marsh/>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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#"Lady Stilletto"
#"Lady Stilletto"
#"Lookin' For a Hero"
#"Lookin' For a Hero"
#"Never As Old As You"
#"Never As Old As You"


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*Elliott Murphy - vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
*Elliott Murphy – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica, keyboards
*[[Billy Joel]] - piano
*[[Billy Joel]] – piano on "Deco Dance"
*[[Michael Braun]] - drums
*Mike Braun – drums, percussion
*Andy Paley - drums, percussion
*[[Michael Brecker]] - horn
*[[Michael Brecker]], [[Howard Johnson (jazz musician)|Howard Johnson]], [[Lou Marini]], [[Lew Soloff]], Tom Malone - horns on "Deco Dance"
*[[Howard Johnson]] - horn
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*Ernie Brooks – bass
*[[Lou Marini]] - horn
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*[[Richard Davis (bassist)|Richard Davis]] – double bass
*[[Lou Soloff]] - horn
*[[Jerry Harrison]] – organ, piano, ARP string synthesizer
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*[[Ernie Brooks]] - bass
*[[Steve Katz (musician)|Steve Katz]] – backing vocals on "Lookin' For a Hero"
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*[[Richard Davis]] - bass
*[[Jerry Harrison]] - organ, piano
*[[Ralph Schuckett]] – organ, piano, clavichord, horn and violin arrangement
*[[Steve Katz]] - background vocals
*[[Doug Yule]] – guitar, backing vocals
*Mark Horowitz - pedal steel guitar on "Never As Old As You"
*[[Ralph Schuckett]] - organ, piano
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*[[Harry Lookofsky]] – violin on "Deco Dance"
*[[Doug Yule]] - guitar, background vocalsFrank Owens - keyboards
;Technical
*Pat Rebillot - keyboards
*Dave Wittman – engineer
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*[[Harry Lookofsky]] - violin
*Acy Lehman – art direction
*Dennis Katz – cover concept
*Michael Dakota – photography


==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 19:58, 11 May 2024

Night Lights
Studio album by
Elliott Murphy
Released1975
RecordedAutumn 1975
StudioElectric Lady Studios, New York City
GenreRock
LabelRCA
ProducerSteve Katz
Elliott Murphy chronology
Lost Generation
(1975) 		Night Lights
(1975) 		Just a Story from America
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[2]

Night Lights is the third major label album by singer-songwriter Elliott Murphy produced by Steve Katz and recorded at Electric Lady Studio. It was reviewed by Dave Marsh in Rolling Stone,[3] where he wrote, "In 1973 and 1974 it seemed to many of us in New York that it was a tossup whether Bruce Springsteen, the native poet of the mean streets, or Elliott Murphy, the slumming suburbanite with the ironic eye would became a national hero."[3] The album featured guest appearances by fellow Long Island native Billy Joel and former Velvet Underground member Doug Yule. The cover photo of Murphy standing in Times Square early one Sunday Morning was taken by photographer Michael Dakota although stylised by Steven Meisel. The song "Lady Stilletto" was thought to be an homage to Patti Smith.[3]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Elliott Murphy

  1. "Diamonds by the Yard"
  2. "Deco Dance"
  3. "Rich Girls"
  4. "Abraham Lincoln Continental"
  5. "Isadora's Dancers"
  6. "You Never Know What You're In For"
  7. "Lady Stilletto"
  8. "Lookin' For a Hero"
  9. "Never As Old As You"

Personnel

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Technical
  • Dave Wittman – engineer
  • Acy Lehman – art direction
  • Dennis Katz – cover concept
  • Michael Dakota – photography

References

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  1. ^ Ruhllmann, William. Night Lights at AllMusic
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 19, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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