Night People (Lee Dorsey album)

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Night People
Studio album by
Lee Dorsey
Released1978
GenreR&B, funk, rock and roll
LabelABC Records[1]
ProducerAllen Toussaint
Lee Dorsey chronology
Yes We Can
(1970) 		Night People
(1978) 		All Ways Funky
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauA-[3]
DownBeat[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide[6]

Night People is an album by the American R&B musician Lee Dorsey, released in 1978.[7][8] It was Dorsey's final studio album, although a few country-influenced tunes were recorded before his death in 1986.[8]

Although the album failed to chart, the title track peaked at No. 93 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart.[9]

Production[]

The album was produced by Allen Toussaint, with whom Dorsey had collaborated many times over the years.[10] Toussaint also wrote the album's songs.[11] The producer used Chocolate Milk, a New Orleans band, as Dorsey's backup musicians.[12] Irma Thomas provided backing vocals.[4]

Critical reception[]

Robert Christgau deemed the album "astonishingly listenable," writing that "Dorsey's subtle, small-scale rock and roll genre statement defines songwriter-producer Toussaint better than Toussaint the performer ever has."[3] Texas Monthly called the title track "a mad celebration of soul-stomping, pressure-cooking Crescent City spirit."[13] High Fidelity wrote that "Dorsey is in fine shape for the bouncy, frequently humorous songs."[12]

AllMusic called the album "a shade too slick, with hints of disco and a couple of rare mawkish misfires by Allen Toussaint."[2]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."Say It Again"2:56
2."God Must Have Blessed America"3:37
3."Soul Mine"3:59
4."Keep on Doing It to Me"3:07
5."Thank You"3:24
6."Night People"4:20
7."Can I Be the One"4:33
8."Babe"3:48
9."Draining"4:24

References[]

  1. ^ "Lee Dorsey | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  2. ^ a b "Night People - Lee Dorsey | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ a b "Robert Christgau: CG: Lee Dorsey". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ a b "Lee Dorsey Night People". DownBeat. 45 (14): 40. August 10, 1978.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 3: MUZE. p. 91.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  6. ^ MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 181.
  7. ^ The Da Capo Companion to 20th-Century Popular Music. Da Capo Press. 1995. p. 264.
  8. ^ a b "THE STAR IN CREASY OVERALLS - Record Collector Magazine".
  9. ^ "Lee Dorsey". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Lee Dorsey, 59, Rock Singer Popular in the 50's and 60's". December 10, 1986 – via NYTimes.com.
  11. ^ "Signings". Billboard. 89 (51): 104. Dec 24, 1977.
  12. ^ a b Everett, Todd (June 1978). "Lee Dorsey: Night People". High Fidelity. 28 (6): 133, 135.
  13. ^ Patoski, Joe Nick (May 1978). "On Record". Texas Monthly. 6 (6): 151.
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