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'''''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>http://www.elliottmurphy.com/downloads/rsnightlights.pdf</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>http://www.elliottmurphy.com/downloads/rsnightlights.pdf</ref>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>http://www.elliottmurphy.com/downloads/rsnightlights.pdf</ref>
'''''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>http://www.elliottmurphy.com/downloads/rsnightlights.pdf</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>http://www.elliottmurphy.com/downloads/rsnightlights.pdf</ref>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>http://www.elliottmurphy.com/downloads/rsnightlights.pdf</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*Elliott Murphy - vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
*Elliott Murphy – vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
*[[Billy Joel]] - piano on "Deco Dance"
*[[Billy Joel]] – piano on "Deco Dance"
*Michael Braun - drums
*Michael Braun – drums
*[[Michael Brecker]] - horn
*[[Michael Brecker]] – horn
*[[Howard Johnson (jazz musician)|Howard Johnson]] - horn
*[[Howard Johnson (jazz musician)|Howard Johnson]] – horn
*[[Lou Marini]] - horn
*[[Lou Marini]] – horn
*[[Lew Soloff]] - horn
*[[Lew Soloff]] – horn
*[[Ernie Brooks (musician)|Ernie Brooks]] - bass
*[[Ernie Brooks (musician)|Ernie Brooks]] – bass
*[[Richard Davis (bassist)|Richard Davis]] - bass
*[[Richard Davis (bassist)|Richard Davis]] – bass
*[[Jerry Harrison]] - organ, piano
*[[Jerry Harrison]] – organ, piano
*[[Steve Katz (musician)|Steve Katz]] - background vocals
*[[Steve Katz (musician)|Steve Katz]] – background vocals
*[[Ralph Schuckett]] - organ, piano, horn and violin arrangement
*[[Ralph Schuckett]] – organ, piano, horn and violin arrangement
*[[Doug Yule]] - guitar, background vocals
*[[Doug Yule]] – guitar, background vocals
*[[Harry Lookofsky]] - violin
*[[Harry Lookofsky]] – violin


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 12:10, 28 June 2020

Night Lights
Studio album by
Elliott Murphy
Released1975
RecordedAutumn 1975
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."[4]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.[5]

Track listing

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

References

  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. ^ http://www.elliottmurphy.com/downloads/rsnightlights.pdf
  4. ^ http://www.elliottmurphy.com/downloads/rsnightlights.pdf
  5. ^ http://www.elliottmurphy.com/downloads/rsnightlights.pdf
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