The Lounge Lizards (album)
1981 studio album by the Lounge Lizards
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The Lounge Lizards is the first album by the Lounge Lizards. It features hectic instrumental jazz. The songs are mostly composed by band leader and saxophone player John Lurie.[2] The album artwork was designed by the English graphic designer Peter Saville.
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| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | July 21–22, 28–29, 1980 | |||
| Studio | CBS, New York City | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde jazz | |||
| Label | E.G. | |||
| Producer | Teo Macero[1] | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [1] |
| Sounds | [3] |
| The Village Voice | B+[4] |
Track listing
All songs written by John Lurie, except where noted.
- "Incident on South Street" – 3:21
- "Harlem Nocturne" (Earle Hagen) – 2:04
- "Do the Wrong Thing" (John Lurie, Steve Piccolo) – 2:39
- "Au Contraire Arto" – 3:22
- "Well You Needn't" (Thelonious Monk) – 1:53
- "Ballad" – 3:22
- "Wangling" – 2:58
- "Conquest of Rar" (John Lurie, Evan Lurie, Anton Fier) – 3:12
- "Demented" – 2:01
- "I Remember Coney Island" – 3:27
- "Fatty Walks" – 2:51
- "Epistrophy" (Thelonious Monk, Kenneth Clarke) – 4:12
- "You Haunt Me" – 3:40
Personnel
- Lounge Lizards
- John Lurie – alto saxophone
- Evan Lurie – keyboards
- Steve Piccolo – bass
- Arto Lindsay – guitar
- Anton Fier – drums
- Technical
- Frank Laico – engineering
- Ted Brosnan – engineering
- Peter Saville – design
- Fran Pelzman – photography