City Lights (Dr. John album)

City Lights is the first album Dr. John recorded for A&M Records' Horizon imprint, released in 1979. Famous painter Neon Park, best known for his associations with and album covers for Little Feat and Frank Zappa, provided the album artwork, as indicated by his name being included in the corner on the cover.[2] T

City Lights
Studio album by Dr. John
Released	February 1979
Recorded	1978
Studio	The Hit Factory, New York, NY; mixed at Capitol Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Rhythm and blues, jazz-rock, soul jazz, cool jazz
Length	38:29
Label	Horizon (SP-732)
Producer	Tommy LiPuma, Hugh McCracken
Dr. John chronology
Hollywood Be Thy Name (1975) City Lights (1979) Tango Palace (1979)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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

• Dr. John – piano, vocals, Fender Rhodes and clavinet on "Street Side", Fender Rhodes on "Rain"
• Hugh McCracken – acoustic & electric guitars, Moog synthesizer on "Fire of Love", harmonica on "Street Side"
• John Tropea – acoustic & electric guitars
• Will Lee – bass guitar
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Richard Tee – Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ, clavinet, synthesizer, piano
• Arthur Jenkins – percussion
• Charlie Miller – cornet
• Neil Larsen – Hammond organ on "Street Side" and "Fire of Love"
• George Young – tenor saxophone
• David Sanborn – alto saxophone
• Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
• Barry Rogers – trombone
• Ronnie Barron – background vocals
• George & Nancy Jones – background vocals
• Tamiya Lynn – background vocals
• Alvin Robinson – background vocals
• Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone on "Fire of Love" and "He's a Hero"
• Alvin Batiste – clarinet solo on "He's a Hero"
• Buzz Feiten – guitar solo on "Snake Eyes"

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Technical Tommy LiPuma – producer Hugh McCracken – producer Hank Cicalo – engineer Kevin Herron – engineer Al Schmitt – engineer, mixing Don Henderson – assistant engineer David Prentice – assistant engineer Erick Labson – mastering Mike Reese – mastering Christine Martin – production assistant Cameron Mizell – production coordination Hollis King – art direction Isabelle Wong – design Neon Park – cover painting

Arrangements Dr. John – horn arrangements, rhythm arrangements Hugh McCracken – horn arrangements, rhythm arrangements Claus Ogerman – string arrangements, conductor

References

1. Jurek, Thom. "City Lights - Dr. John" at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
2. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/park_neon.htm
3. "Dr. John - City Lights". Discogs. Retrieved 24 January 2018.