Cats on the Coast

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Cats on the Coast
Cats on the Coast cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1977
RecordedCapricorn Sound Studios, Macon, GA
Length38:12
Label Capricorn
Producer Stewart Levine
Sea Level chronology
Sea Level
(1977)
Cats on the Coast
(1977)
On the Edge
(1978)

Cats on the Coast is the second album by American rock band Sea Level. [1] It was released in 1977 on Capricorn Records.

Contents

The leadoff track, "That's Your Secret", reached #50 on the Billboard Hot 100, the band's only charting single.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau's Record Guide B− [3]

In a review for AllMusic, Dave Lynch wrote: "Some great music from Sea Level was still to come, but the best moments of Cats on the Coast wouldn't be topped." [2]

Exposé's Peter Thelen stated that, with the album, "there... seemed to be a new emphasis on the vocal material, which seemed to be changing from a country funk sound into more of a funky white soul a la Boz Scaggs. Only four instrumentals this time out, one under two minutes, but still the high point of the album, especially the title track." [4]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "That's Your Secret" (Randall Bramblett, Davis Causey) – 5:15
  2. "It Hurts to Want It So Bad" (Charles Feldman, Tim Smith, Steve Smith) – 3:38
  3. "Storm Warning" (Chuck Leavell) – 5:23
  4. "Had to Fall" (Randall Bramblett, Jimmy Nalls, Lamar Williams) – 4:35

Side two

  1. "Midnight Pass" (Neil Larsen) – 6:30
  2. "Every Little Thing" (Randall Bramblett) – 4:40
  3. "Cats on the Coast" (Davis Causey) – 5:38
  4. "Song for Amy" (Chuck Leavell) – 1:40

Charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [5] 99

Personnel

Technical

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References

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