The Lounge Lizards(album)

The Lounge Lizards
Studio albumby the Lounge Lizards
Released	1981
Recorded	July 21–22, 28–29, 1980
Studio	CBS,New York City
Genre	Avant-garde jazz
Label	E.G.
Producer	Teo Macero
The Lounge Lizardschronology
The Lounge Lizards (1981) No Pain for Cakes (1987)

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Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Sounds
The Village Voice	B+

The Lounge Lizardsis the first album bythe Lounge Lizards.It features hectic instrumental jazz. The songs are mostly composed by band leader and saxophone playerJohn Lurie.The album artwork was designed by the English graphic designerPeter Saville.

Track listing

All songs written byJohn Lurie,except where noted.

1. "Incident on South Street" – 3:21
2. "Harlem Nocturne"(Earle Hagen) – 2:04
3. "Do the Wrong Thing" (John Lurie, Steve Piccolo) – 2:39
4. "Au Contraire Arto" – 3:22
5. "Well You Needn't"(Thelonious Monk) – 1:53
6. "Ballad" – 3:22
7. "Wangling" – 2:58
8. "Conquest of Rar" (John Lurie,Evan Lurie,Anton Fier) – 3:12
9. "Demented" – 2:01
10. "I Remember Coney Island" – 3:27
11. "Fatty Walks" – 2:51
12. "Epistrophy"(Thelonious Monk,Kenneth Clarke) – 4:12
13. "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