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1978 studio album by Steve Forbert
Alive on Arrival
Studio album by Steve Forbert
Released1978
Recorded1977
StudioA&R Studio R1, New York
GenrePop
Length38:18
LabelNemperor
ProducerSteve Burgh
Steve Forbert chronology
Alive on Arrival
(1978) 		Jackrabbit Slim
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record GuideB
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Alive on Arrival is the first album by the American singer-songwriter Steve Forbert, released in 1978.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Forbert

  1. "Goin' Down to Laurel" – 4:39
  2. "Steve Forbert's Midsummer Night's Toast" – 2:49
  3. "Thinkin'" – 3:25
  4. "What Kinda Guy?" – 2:34
  5. "It Isn't Gonna Be That Way" – 4:55
  6. "Big City Cat" – 3:50
  7. "Grand Central Station, March 18, 1977" – 4:13
  8. "Tonight I Feel So Far Away from Home" – 3:14
  9. "Settle Down" – 3:46
  10. "You Cannot Win If You Do Not Play" – 4:33

Personnel

  • Steve Forbert – guitar, harmonica, vocals
  • David Sanborn – alto saxophone on "Big City Cat"
  • Brian Torff – acoustic bass on "Tonight I Feel So Far from Home"
  • Steve Burgh – lead guitar
  • Dennis Good – trombone
  • Robbie Kondor – organ, piano
  • Barry Lazarowitz – drums, tambourine
  • Hugh McDonald – bass; electric guitar on "What Kinda Guy?"
  • Harvey Shapiro – pedal steel
Technical
  • Glenn Berger, Charles Clifton - engineer
  • Danny Fields - front cover photography

References

  1. DeGagne, Mike. Alive on Arrival at AllMusic. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition, p. 485. Virgin Books, London. ISBN 1-85227-832-3
  4. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 256.
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