Murph the Surf (album)

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Murph the Surf
MurphTheSurf.jpg
Studio album by
Released1982
StudioSundragon Studios, Manhattan, New York
Genre Rock
Label Courtisane
Producer Elliott Murphy
Elliott Murphy chronology
Affairs
(1980)
Murph the Surf
(1982)
Party Girls & Broken Poets
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Hi-Fi News & Record Review A:1 [2]

Murph the Surf was the second independent album by singer-songwriter Elliott Murphy and was distributed widely throughout Europe on Disc AZ in France and CBS Records in Sweden.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Elliott Murphy

  1. "Continental Kinda Girl"
  2. "Off The Shelf"
  3. "Baby I've Been Thinkin'"
  4. "Modern Romance"
  5. "You've Got It Made"
  6. "Fall of Saigon"
  7. "Dusty Roses"
  8. "Calling on Cathleen"
  9. "Garden City"
  10. "Blue Towers"

Personnel

Technical

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References

  1. Ruhlmann, William. Murph the Surf at AllMusic
  2. "Review: Elliott Murphy — Murph the Surf" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 12. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. December 1989. p. 145. ISSN   0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021 via World Radio History.