Nervous Night (album)

Nervous Night
Studio album by
the Hooters
Released6 May 1985 (1985-05-06)[1][2]
Recorded1984–1985
StudioRecord Plant Studios, NYC
Studio 4, Philadelphia
GenreRock
Length39:02 (LP)
43:07 (CD and cassette)
Label
ProducerRick Chertoff
The Hooters chronology
Amore
(1983) 		Nervous Night
(1985) 		One Way Home
(1987)
Singles from Nervous Night
  1. "All You Zombies"
    Released: March 1985
  2. "And We Danced"
    Released: August 1985
  3. "Day by Day"
    Released: December 1985
  4. "Where Do the Children Go"
    Released: March 1986[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[4]
Robert ChristgauC+[5]
Rolling Stone(positive)[6]

Nervous Night is the second studio album by American rock band the Hooters, released on 6 May 1985 by Columbia Records and on CBS Records in Europe. The album features two of the band's biggest and best-known hits, "And We Danced" and "Day by Day". It also includes the minor hit "All You Zombies", which was a rerecorded version of a single that had first been released in 1982.

Background

Different versions of three songs on Nervous Night — "All You Zombies," "Hanging on a Heartbeat," and "Blood from a Stone" — were originally released on The Hooters' independent album release Amore in 1983.[7] "Blood From a Stone" had also been recently covered by Red Rockers and released as a single.[7]

Eric Bazilian told Songfacts that "Day by Day" "was a song that started as an experiment with Rick Chertoff." He added that it took them "2 years whipping it into shape."[8]

Cash Box said that fourth single "Where Do the Children Go" was a "poignant ballad."[9]

1986 film

An award-winning film starring The Hooters and directed by John Jopson, Nervous Night, was produced by Bell One Productions. Nervous Night was shot on 35mm film and intercuts two separate elements: a concert filmed at the Tower Theater outside Philadelphia, and a series of short films, each one starring a different band member.

The VHS release by CBS/Fox Video did not contain the short films; however, portions of the shorts were included in the "Day By Day" music video. MTV aired the version with the short films in the summer of 1986 as part of their Feature Presentation series.[10]

Critical reception

Upon the release of Nervous Nights, Billboard called the band an "upbeat, bright- sounding quintet" that would likely receive "strong radio support" from the album.[11] Cashbox wrote that the album had "just the right combination of power pop melodic rock and moody British textures for the current rock radio temperament."[12]

Stereo Review characterized the album as "mainstream rock with occasional quirky touches", specifically citing the incorporation of mandolins and a melodica as a demonstration of this. They singled out their cover of "She Comes in Colors" as "surprisingly effective" and felt that most of the material and believed that they had "all the stylistic bases covered. They were more critical of the songwriting and the content of the original material, saying that the album "sounds as if the Hooters learned to write at Corporate Rock Extension School".[13]

Awards

On September 5, 1986, The Hooters appeared on the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards, where they were nominated in the category of Best New Artist in a Video for "And We Danced." They performed two songs on the show, "And We Danced" and "Nervous Night."

At Billboard's 8th Annual Video Music Conference on November 22, 1986, the film Nervous Night won two awards: Best Concert Performance for the "Where Do the Children Go" video and Best Long-Form Program.

On October 7, 1994, Nervous Night achieved a 2x platinum certification in the United States for shipments in excess of 2 million copies in the United States.[14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."And We Danced" 3:48
2."Day by Day"
3:24
3."All You Zombies" 5:58
4."Don't Take My Car Out Tonight"
  • Hyman
  • Bazilian
  • Chertoff
3:55
5."Nervous Night" (CD and cassette bonus track)
  • Hyman
  • Bazilian
  • Chertoff
3:58
6."Hanging on a Heartbeat"
  • Hyman
  • Bazilian
  • Glenn Goss
  • Jeff Ziv
4:20
7."Where Do the Children Go" 5:29
8."South Ferry Road"
  • Hyman
  • Bazilian
  • Chertoff
3:43
9."She Comes in Colors"Arthur Lee4:12
10."Blood from a Stone" 4:13

Notes

  • The album's title track did not appear on original LP releases of the album, or on the very first CDs.[15] Originally a B-side to the "All You Zombies" single,[16] it was included on all subsequent CD and cassette editions of the album as track 5.[17]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album liner notes.[18]

The Hooters

Additional musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[19] 12
US Billboard 200[20] 12

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[21] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^
Australia (ARIA)[22] Gold 35,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[23] Gold 7,500^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Takiff, Jonathan (May 6, 1985). "The Hooters Are Cleared For Take-Off". Philadelphia Daily News. And today, The Hooters are dropping an extraordinary calling card on the desks of radio programmers and record merchants nationwide – their own Columbia Records debut album, "Nervous Night."
  2. ^ Willistein, Paul (April 12, 1985). "Philly's Hooters To Release Debut Columbia LP, Single". The Morning Call (Allentown, PA). The album is set to be in the stores May 6.
  3. ^ "Billboard Database". billboard.elpee.jp. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  4. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r9508
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Nervous Night". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  6. ^ "The Hooters: Nervous Night : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. October 1, 2007. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  7. ^ a b Willistein, Paul (April 12, 1985). "Philly's Hooters release debut Columbia LP, single". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. p. D4. Archived from the original on November 23, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ "Day By Day". Songfacts.com. Retrieved March 9, 2026.
  9. ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. March 22, 1986. p. 9. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  10. ^ "1986 MTV Saturday Promo". Retrieved December 23, 2023 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. May 18, 1985. p. 66. Retrieved March 8, 2026 – via World Radio History.
  12. ^ "Album Releases" (PDF). Cashbox. May 18, 1985. p. 12. Retrieved March 8, 2026 – via World Radio History.
  13. ^ Simels, Steve (November 1985). "The Hooters: Nervous Night" (PDF). Stereo Review. p. 106. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
  14. ^ "Nervous Night". RIAA Gold & Platinum. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  15. ^ "Hooters* – Nervous Night". Discogs. 1985. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  16. ^ "All You Zombies". 45cat.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  17. ^ "Nervous Night". 45worlds.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  18. ^ Nervous Night (Media notes). The Hooters. Columbia. 1985.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  19. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 141. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  20. ^ "The Hooters – chart history". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on May 9, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  21. ^ "American album certifications – The Hooters – Nervous Night". Recording Industry Association of America. October 7, 1994. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  22. ^ "Hoot of a Time" (PDF). Cash Box. March 29, 1986. p. 33. Retrieved December 8, 2021 – via World Radio History.
  23. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – The Hooters – Nervous Night". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
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