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City Lights is an album by Dr. John, his first for Horizon Records.[4] It was released in 1978.[3][5]

City Lights
Studio album by
Released1978
Recorded1978
Studio
  • The Hit Factory (New York)
  • mixed at Capitol (Hollywood)
Length38:29
LabelHorizon (SP-732)
ProducerTommy LiPuma, Hugh McCracken
Dr. John chronology
Hollywood Be Thy Name
(1975)
City Lights
(1978)
Tango Palace
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Neon Park provided the album artwork.[citation needed]


Production


Doc Pomus collaborated with Dr. John on a few of the album's songs.[6]


Critical reception


The Globe and Mail wrote that Dr. John's "honky-tonk piano sounds especially fine and strange against the lushness of strings - the title song virtually drips with sweet decadence."[7]

Entertainment Weekly wrote that the album "established Dr. John as a skilled songwriter."[8] Phoenix New Times deemed "He's a Hero" " the ultimate hipster-in-the-night song."[9] Writing after the musician's death, Billboard thought that the title track, "combining stride piano, strings and an evocative lyric, displays a subtlety Dr. John wouldn’t fully commit to again."[10]


Track listing


All songs written by Mac Rebennack (Dr. John) except where noted


Side One


  1. "Dance the Night Away With You" (Rebennack, Doc Pomus) – 4:06
  2. "Street Side" – 6:01
  3. "Wild Honey" (Rebennack, Bobby Charles) – 4:10
  4. "Rain" – 4:48

Side Two


  1. "Snake Eyes" – 6:44
  2. "Fire of Love" (Rebennack, Alvin Robinson) – 3:58
  3. "Sonata (instrumental)/He's a Hero" (Pomus, Rebennack) – 5:20
  4. "City Lights" (Pomus, Rebennack) – 3:22

Personnel


Musicians


References


  1. Jurek, Thom. "City Lights - Dr. John" at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 112.
  3. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 204–205.
  4. "Dr. John | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. Buckley, Peter (April 5, 2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides via Google Books.
  6. Friedman, Josh Alan (April 5, 2008). "Tell the Truth Until They Bleed: Coming Clean in the Dirty World of Blues and Rock 'n' Roll". Hal Leonard Corporation via Google Books.
  7. Gilday, Katherine (7 Feb 1979). "INSIDE THE SLEEVE City Lights". The Globe and Mail: F9.
  8. "Dr. John". EW.com.
  9. Friedman, Josh Alan (April 6, 1995). "HIGH PRIEST OF EVERYTHINGDOC POMUS CRAFTED ENOUGH MAGIC MOMENTS TO FILL A MILLION JUKEBOXES". Phoenix New Times.
  10. "R.I.P. Dr. John: 10 Essential Cuts from the Soul, Funk and Boogie Woogie Great". Billboard.





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