Alive on Arrival

Alive on Arrival is the first album by the American singer-songwriter Steve Forbert, released in 1978.[4]

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[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

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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