Jumpin' in the Night | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1979 [1] | |||
Recorded | Eden Studios and Advision Studios, London, England | |||
Label | Sire [2] | |||
Producer | Cyril Jordan, Roger Bechirian | |||
The Flamin' Groovies chronology | ||||
|
Jumpin' in the Night is the sixth studio album by the Flamin' Groovies, released in 1979. [3] [4] It was produced by Cyril Jordan and Roger Bechirian.
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [6] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
The Runcorn Weekly News noted that "to capture the full flavour of insistent R&B the record should be heard on a little Dansette mono record player—turned up loud." [8] The Montreal Star wrote that "the Groovies pack all the incendiary power of the early Stones." [9]
All tracks are written by Cyril Jordan and Chris Wilson except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Jumpin' in the Night" | 3:21 | |
2. | "Next One Crying" | 2:34 | |
3. | "First Plane Home" | 3:48 | |
4. | "In the U.S.A." | 3:16 | |
5. | "Down Down Down" | Trevor Burton | 2:47 |
6. | "Yes I Am" | 2:36 | |
7. | "Werewolves of London" | Warren Zevon, Waddy Wachtel, LeRoy Marinell | 3:33 |
8. | "It Won't Be Wrong" | Roger McGuinn, Harvey Gerst | 1:55 |
9. | "Please Please Me"" | Lennon-McCartney with additional credit by Cyril Jordan and Chris Wilson | 1:58 |
10. | "Tell Me Again" | 1:57 | |
11. | "Absolutely Sweet Marie" | Bob Dylan | 3:11 |
12. | "5D" | Roger McGuinn | 2:38 |
13. | "Lady Friend" | David Crosby | 2:31 |
Flamin' Groovies is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965, originally co-led by Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan. After the Groovies released three albums, on Epic (Supersnazz) and Kama Sutra, Loney left the band in 1971. He was replaced as co-leader by Chris Wilson, and the band's emphasis shifted more toward British Invasion power pop.
Oneness: Silver Dreams - Golden Reality is a 1979 album by Carlos Santana. It was his second of three solo albums to be released under his temporary Sanskrit name Devadip Carlos Santana, given to him by Sri Chinmoy. The album, which consists mostly of instrumental songs and ballads, features members of the band Santana, as well as Carlos Santana's first wife Deborah and father-in-law Saunders King. According to Santana, Oneness was influenced by Weather Report's album Mysterious Traveller. The track "Transformation Day" is an adaptation of part of Alan Hovhaness's symphonic work Mysterious Mountain.
Shake Some Action is the fourth studio album by American rock band the Flamin' Groovies. The album was released in June 1976 by Sire Records. The title Shake Some Action originates from a line in the 1965 film None but the Brave.
Deflowered is the second studio album by American queercore band Pansy Division, released in 1994 on Lookout! Records.
Wind of Change is the debut studio album by English guitarist and singer Peter Frampton, released in 1972 by A&M. The album features appearances by Ringo Starr, Billy Preston and Klaus Voormann.
Lust is the third album by Ambitious Lovers. It was released in 1991 through Elektra Records. It was the band's final album.
Show World is an album by rock band Redd Kross, released in 1997.
Teenage Head is the third studio album by the San Francisco rock band Flamin' Groovies, released in March 1971 by Kama Sutra Records.
Groovies' Greatest Grooves is a 1989 compilation album by U.S. rock band the Flamin' Groovies, released by Sire Records. The tracks were selected by Rolling Stone Senior Writer Michael Goldberg and freelance rock critic Michael Snyder, who also co-wrote the liner notes. Goldberg and Snyder wanted to emphasize the Groovies' original material, and so 18 of the album's 24 songs are Groovies originals.
Chris Wilson is a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, most known for his role as the lead singer of the San Francisco band the Flamin' Groovies, having replaced original singer Roy Loney in 1971. With Wilson on lead vocals, the band released their influential 1976 album Shake Some Action.
Cyril Jordan is a guitarist and founding member of San Francisco cult band the Flamin' Groovies. Jordan founded the band in 1965, playing with them until they initially disbanded in 1992.
Flamingo is the second studio album by the rock band the Flamin' Groovies. It was released in 1970. Following the group's departure from the Epic record label, it was the first of their two albums for Kama Sutra Records.
Supersnazz is the debut studio album by the rock band the Flamin' Groovies. It was released in 1969 on the Epic label. The release was their only album recorded expressly for a major record label, although all of their next five albums were distributed by major labels. Supersnazz was later released in compact disc format in 2000 on Sundazed Records with four edits of songs from the album included as bonus tracks.
Flamin' Groovies Now is a studio album by The Flamin' Groovies, released in 1978. It was produced by Dave Edmunds, and marked a resurgence of the San Francisco band. It brought them to international audiences informed by the post-punk ethic of simplicity that chimed with their classic West Coast melodic pop.
Mean Time is the second studio album by English rock band The Barracudas, released in 1983 by record label Closer. The incorporation of Chris Wilson from The Flamin' Groovies gave this new formation a paramount weight in the eighties' garage rock bands' scene.
Fantastic Plastic is the ninth studio album by The Flamin' Groovies, released on September 22, 2017, and produced by Cyril Jordan and J. Jaffe. The first new album from the Groovies since 1993, it features the reunion of the Groovies most commercially successful line-up, the classic 1970s combo of guitarists/vocalists Jordan and Chris Wilson and bassist George Alexander, who recorded three albums together before splitting up in 1981.
One Night Stand is an album by the Flamin' Groovies. It was released in 1987 and produced by Cyril Jordan, who also provided the cover art. The album was recorded "live in the studio" in a single night in Australia by the then-current version of the Groovies during a "grueling" tour of Australia, Japan and Europe.
Rock Juice is the eighth studio album by the Flamin' Groovies, released in September 1993 and produced by Cyril Jordan, who also provided the cover art, and Karl Derfler. The album was completed by Jordan and Groovies' bassist George Alexander after the group's breakup in 1991, and they are the only musicians credited in the liner notes.
A Bucket of Brains is a studio EP/CD by the Flamin' Groovies, primarily consisting of seven songs recorded by the group while living in England and recording for the British branch of United Artists Records ("UA") in 1972. The songs were intended to form the basis of the Groovies' fourth studio album, to be entitled A Bucket of Brains. Six of the songs were produced by Dave Edmunds, while the seventh was produced by Groovies' leader Cyril Jordan. The eighth song on the album is the original "correct speed" studio version of the Groovies' most famous song, "Shake Some Action".
Step Up is a compilation album of in-studio demos recorded by the Flamin' Groovies in the San Francisco Bay Area between 1984 and 1989 and released in 1991. The demos were produced by Cyril Jordan and engineered and mixed by Karl Derfler, and the album was released shortly after the band broke up. However, after the breakup, eight of the 13 songs were reworked and remixed by Jordan and Derfler, along with removing all lead and backing vocals except for those by Jordan and Groovies' bassist George Alexander, and were then ultimately issued on the Groovies' eighth studio album Rock Juice in 1993.