Nightlife (Cobra Verde album)
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| Nightlife | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 31, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 609 Recording in Bedford, Ohio | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 53:49 | |||
| Label | Motel | |||
| Producer | Cobra Verde | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [2] |
Nightlife is an album by Cobra Verde, released in 1999 through Motel Records.[3][4]
The album was recorded by frontman John Petkovic and bass player Don Depew. Ralph Carney played saxophone on "Crashing in a Plane".[5]
Critical reception
The Washington Post called the album "a glam-revival romp that invokes the spirit of David Bowie, Roxy Music and (in the closing 'Pontius Pilate') Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht."[6] The Cleveland Scene wrote that "Nightlife has all the flavor of classic rock and roll without sounding too obviously retro."[7]
Exclaim! thought that "Huey Lewis-like sax-rock spews forth on 'What Makes A Man A Man', and [the band's] new grasp on glam bleeds through on cuts like 'Casino'."[8] The Washington City Paper praised the "literate, smart-aleck lyrics."[9] Salon deemed the album "a tight, heavy, guitar-and-chirping-synth version of glam rock written sideways."[10]
