Night Lights (Elliott Murphy album)

Night Lights
Night Lights
Studio album by Elliott Murphy
Released	1975
Recorded	Autumn 1975
Studio	Electric Lady Studios, New York City
Genre	Rock
Label	RCA
Producer	Steve Katz
Elliott Murphy chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+^[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."^[3] 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.^[3]

Track listing[]

All tracks composed by Elliott Murphy

"Diamonds by the Yard"
"Deco Dance"
"Rich Girls"
"Abraham Lincoln Continental"
"Isadora's Dancers"
"You Never Know What You're In For"
"Lady Stilletto"
"Lookin' For a Hero"
"Never As Old As You"

Personnel[]

Elliott Murphy – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica, keyboards
Billy Joel – piano on "Deco Dance"
Mike Braun – drums, percussion
Andy Paley - drums, percussion
Michael Brecker, Howard Johnson, Lou Marini, Lew Soloff, Tom Malone - horns on "Deco Dance"
Ernie Brooks – bass
Richard Davis – double bass
Jerry Harrison – organ, piano, ARP string synthesizer
Steve Katz – backing vocals on "Lookin' For a Hero"
Ralph Schuckett – organ, piano, clavichord, horn and violin arrangement
Doug Yule – guitar, backing vocals
Mark Horowitz - pedal steel guitar on "Never As Old As You"
Harry Lookofsky – violin on "Deco Dance"

Technical

Dave Wittman - engineer
Acy Lehman - art direction
Dennis Katz - cover concept
Michael Dakota - photography

References[]

^ Ruhllmann, William. Night Lights at AllMusic
^ 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.
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[1] Ruhllmann, William. Night Lights at AllMusic

[CG-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.

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