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Lights Out is the debut solo album by Peter Wolf, released in 1984. The album was dedicated "to the memory of Edith Marie Hasselman and Edward Mant Hood".[2]

Lights Out
Studio album by Peter Wolf
Released	July 1984
Studio	Syncro Sound, Boston, Massachusetts
Genre	Rock, blues rock, dance-rock
Length	41:10
Label	EMI America
Producer	Peter Wolf, Michael Jonzun
Peter Wolf chronology
Lights Out (1984) Come As You Are (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Lights Out" (Don Covay, Wolf) - 4:27
2. "I Need You Tonight" (Peter Bliss, Wolf) - 3:39
3. "Oo-Ee-Diddley-Bop!" (Michael Jonzun, Wolf, Gordon Worthy) - 4:13
4. "Gloomy Sunday" (László Jávor, Sam M. Lewis, Rezső Seress) - 3:37
5. "Baby Please Don't Let Me Go" (Michael Jonzun, Maurice Starr, Wolf) - 4:02
6. "Crazy" (Michael Jonzun, Wolf) - 3:49
7. "Poor Girl's Heart" (Michael Jonzun, Wolf) - 3:04
8. "Here Comes That Hurt" (Michael Jonzun, Wolf) - 3:14
9. "Pretty Lady" (Michael Jonzun, Wolf) - 3:44
10. "Mars Needs Women" (Michael Jonzun, Wolf) - 2:41
11. "Billy Bigtime" (Michael Jonzun, Tim Mayer, Wolf) - 4:40

Personnel

• Peter Wolf - congas, vocals, backing vocals
• Robin Beck - backing vocals on "Lights Out"
• Adrian Belew - guitar
• Peter Bliss - guitar, backing vocals
• Tony "Rocks" Cowan - guitar
• Alan Dawson - percussion
• Elliot Easton - guitar
• Eddie Gorodetsky - narrator on "Mars Needs Women"
• Yogi Horton - percussion
• Mick Jagger - backing vocals on "Pretty Lady"
• Michael Jonzun - bass, flute, guitar, percussion, congas, horn, keyboards, backing vocals
• Will Lee - bass, vocals, backing vocals
• Leon Mobley - conductor, congas
• P-Funk Horns - horn section
• Rick "Rice" Peppers - guitar
• Elliott Randall - guitar
• Randy Roos - guitar
• G.E. Smith - guitar on "Pretty Lady"
• Maurice Starr - bass, guitar, backing vocals
• Ed Stasium - guitar, percussion
• Rusty "The Toe-Jammer" Pendleton - scratches on "Oo-Ee-Diddley-Bop"
• Skeeter Singletary - scratches on "Oo-Ee-Diddley-Bop"
• Gordon Worthy - bass, conga, keyboard, backing vocals

Production

• Producers: Peter Wolf, Michael Jonzun
• Engineer: Ed Stasium
• Mixing assistant: Billy Miranda
• Studio assistants: Sidney Burton, Calvin Johnson, Tom Moore
• Assistant: Gordon Worthy
• Arrangers: Peter Wolf, Michael Jonzun
• Art direction: Carin Goldberg, Henry Marquez
• Design: Carin Goldberg, Henry Marquez
• Logo design: Michael Diehl
• Photography: Carol Friedman, Ron Pownall
• Cover photo: Chris Callis

Charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3]	94
US (Billboard 200)	24

Notes

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