Alive on Arrival

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Alive on Arrival
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Studio album by
Steve Forbert
Released1978
Recorded1977
StudioA&R Studio R1, New York
Genre Pop
Length38:18
Label Nemperor
Producer Steve Burgh
Steve Forbert chronology
Alive on Arrival
(1978)		 Jackrabbit Slim
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Christgau's Record Guide B [2]
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Alive on Arrival is the first album by the American singer-songwriter Steve Forbert, released in 1978. [4]

Contents

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

Technical

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. 1 2 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.
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