Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

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

Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[5] 49
UK Albums (OCC)[6] 56
US Billboard 200[7] 82

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. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 256.
  5. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4547a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  6. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  7. ^ "Steve Forbert Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive_on_Arrival
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