Warm Nights

Warm Nights is the fourth album by Robert Forster. It was released on LP and CD by Beggars Banquet in 1996 and was highlighted with a new version of the Go-Betweens' "Rock 'n' Roll Friend", which was a single B-side in 1988.

Warm Nights
Studio album by Robert Forster
Released	September 1996
Recorded	January – February 1996, London
Genre	Rock
Length	44:32
Label	Beggars Banquet
Producer	Edwyn Collins
Robert Forster chronology
I Had a New York Girlfriend (1995) Warm Nights (1996) Intermission (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Melody Maker	(favorable) [2]
Q	[3]

Forster later said, "It was about sweaty Brisbane nights, banana trees in the backyard, animals walking around at night, fruitbats flying in the air. I was looking at Brisbane with new eyes in this new suburb, and I was listening to this music that had more space, more rhythm. I wrote all the songs in about eight months, quicker than I had written since the late 70s."[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Forster, except where noted.

Side one

1. "I Can Do" – 3:00
2. "Warm Nights" – 4:25
3. "Cryin' Love" – 5:28
4. "Snake Skin Lady" – 3:35
5. "Loneliness" – 3:21

Side two

6. "Jug of Wine" – 6:03
7. "Fortress" – 4:57
8. "Rock 'n' Roll Friend" (Forster/Grant McLennan) – 5:13
9. "On a Street Corner" – 5:29
10. "I'll Jump" – 3:01

Personnel

• Robert Forster – vocals, guitar
• Edwyn Collins – guitar
• Martin Drover – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Clare Kenny – bass
• Oliver Karus – cell
• Neil Pentelow – saxophone
• Dave Ruffy – drums
• J. Neil Sidwell – trombone

References

1. Raggett, Ned. Warm Nights at AllMusic
2. Melody Maker, 13/7/1996, p. 49
3. Q, September 1996, p. 113
4. John Mulvey. "Robert Forster, Album By Album". Uncut Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2017.