Nightlife (Cobra Verde album)

Nightlife is an album by Cobra Verde, released in 1999 through Motel Records.[3][4]

Nightlife
Studio album by
Cobra Verde
ReleasedAugust 31, 1999
Recorded609 Recording in Bedford, Ohio
GenreAlternative rock
Length53:49
LabelMotel
ProducerCobra Verde
Cobra Verde chronology
Egomania (Love Songs)
(1997)		 Nightlife
(1999)		 Easy Listening
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert Christgau(1-star Honorable Mention)[2]

Production

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]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Cobra Verde

No.TitleLength
1."One Step Away from Myself"3:07
2."Conflict"3:23
3."Crashing in a Plane"4:41
4."Every God for Himself"3:48
5."Casino"4:28
6."What Makes a Man a Man"2:52
7."Between the Seasons"4:30
8."Heaven in the Gutter"3:21
9."Don't Let Me Love You"3:47
10."Tourist"3:22
11."Back to Venus"3:37
12."Don't Burden Me with Dreams"4:07
13."$2 Souvenir"5:15
14."Pontius Pilate"3:31

Personnel
Cobra Verde
Production and additional personnel

References
  1. Sullivan, Denise. "Nightlife". AllMusic. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  2. Christgau, Robert. "Cobra Verde: Nightlife". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  3. Robbins, Ira (2007). "Cobra Verde". Trouser Press. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  4. Margasak, Peter (November 18, 1999). "Cobra Verde". Chicago Reader.
  5. Morris, Chris (Jan 30, 1999). "Declarations of Independents". Billboard. 111 (5): 73.
  6. "COBRA VERDE 'Nightlife' Motel". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  7. "Best Regional CD 2000". Cleveland Scene.
  8. "Cobra Verde Nightlife | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca.
  9. Porter, Christopher (February 11, 2000). "Cobra Verde". Washington City Paper.
  10. "Sharps & flats". Salon. September 21, 1999.
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