I Don't Want to Go Home

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I Don't Want to Go Home
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Studio album by
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
ReleasedJune 7, 1976 [1] [2]
RecordedJanuary – March 1976 [1]
Studio The Record Plant, New York City
Genre R&B, Rock, Soul
Length35:00
Label Epic
Producer Steven Van Zandt
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes chronology
I Don't Want to Go Home
(1976)		 This Time It's for Real
(1977)
Singles from I Don't Want to Go Home
  1. "I Don't Want to Go Home/The Fever"
    Released: June 1976 (US) / July 23, 1976 (UK)
  2. "Got to Get You Off My Mind/It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion)"
    Released: 1976 (Germany)
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Christgau's Record Guide B [4]

I Don't Want to Go Home was the first album by New Jersey rock/R&B band Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. The work helped establish the basis of the Jersey Shore sound. It was produced and arranged by manager Steven Van Zandt, who also sang, played guitar, wrote the title song, and elicited the contribution of two compositions by Bruce Springsteen, who also wrote the liner notes. [5]

Contents

The album features two perennial standards for the band, Steve Van Zandt's "I Don't Want to Go Home" and "The Fever" by Bruce Springsteen. There were a number of guest artists and duets, a tradition that continued in their next album, This Time It's for Real . The track "How Come You Treat Me So Bad" features a duet with Lee Dorsey, while "Broke Down Piece of Man" features a duet with Steven Van Zandt, "It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion)" features a duet with Kenny 'Popeye' Pentifallo, and finally "You Mean So Much To Me" features a duet with Ronnie Spector. [6] [7]

Track listing

  1. "I Don't Want to Go Home" (Steven Van Zandt) - 3:42
  2. "Got to Get You Off My Mind" (Solomon Burke, J.B. Moore) - 3:13
  3. "How Come You Treat Me So Bad" (Steven Van Zandt) - 3:23
  4. "The Fever" (Bruce Springsteen) - 5:06
  5. "Broke Down Piece of Man" (Steve Cropper, Joe Shamwell) - 3:28
  6. "Sweeter Than Honey" (Steven Van Zandt) - 3:33
  7. "Fanny Mae" (Waymon Glasco, Morris Levy, Clarence L. Lewis) - 3:22
  8. "It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion)" (Henry Glover) - 2:46
  9. "I Choose to Sing the Blues" (Ray Charles, Billie Holiday) - 2:45
  10. "You Mean So Much to Me" (Bruce Springsteen) - 3:44

Personnel

Musicians

Production

References

  1. 1 2 Jacobson, Carol (1 June 1976). "Springsteen Joins Lyon, Asbury Jukes At Broadcast". newspapers.com. No. page 13. The Daily Register. the-daily-register. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  2. ↑ Pachin, Marty (1976-06-06). "Record Previews". No. Page 55. Asbury Park Press. newspapers.com. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes - I Don't Want to Go Home Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic . Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved 13 March 2019– via Robertchristgau.com.
  5. ↑ Marsh, Dave (2004). Two Hearts. New York: Routledge. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes". Southsidejohnny.com. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  7. 1 2 "asburyjukes.net". Archived from the original on 2010-07-10. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
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