Lounge Lizards (album)

Lounge Lizards is the first album by The Lounge Lizards. It features hectic instrumental jazz. The songs are mostly composed by band leader and saxophone player John Lurie.[1] The album artwork was designed by the English graphic designer Peter Saville.

Lounge Lizards
Studio album by
The Lounge Lizards
Released1981
RecordedJuly 21–22, 28–29, 1980
StudioCBS, New York City
GenreAvant-garde jazz
LabelE.G.
ProducerTeo Macero
The Lounge Lizards chronology
Lounge Lizards
(1981)		 No Pain for Cakes
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Village VoiceB+[2]

Track listing

All songs written by John 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

References
  1. Carruthers, Sean. "The Lounge Lizards – The Lounge Lizards". AllMusic. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
  2. Christgau, Robert (June 29, 1981). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
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