The Lounge Lizards (album)

The Lounge Lizards is the first album by the Lounge Lizards. It features hectic instrumental jazz. The songs are mostly composed by band leader and saxophone player John Lurie.^[2] The album artwork was designed by the English graphic designer Peter Saville.

The Lounge Lizards
Studio album by the Lounge Lizards
Released	1981
Recorded	July 21–22, 28–29, 1980
Studio	CBS, New York City
Genre	Avant-garde jazz
Label	E.G.
Producer	Teo Macero^[1]
The Lounge Lizards chronology
The Lounge Lizards (1981) No Pain for Cakes (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[1]
Sounds	^[3]
The Village Voice	B+^[4]

Track listing

All songs written by John Lurie, except where noted.

1. "Incident on South Street" – 3:21
2. "Harlem Nocturne" (Earle Hagen) – 2:04
3. "Do the Wrong Thing" (John Lurie, Steve Piccolo) – 2:39
4. "Au Contraire Arto" – 3:22
5. "Well You Needn't" (Thelonious Monk) – 1:53
6. "Ballad" – 3:22
7. "Wangling" – 2:58
8. "Conquest of Rar" (John Lurie, Evan Lurie, Anton Fier) – 3:12
9. "Demented" – 2:01
10. "I Remember Coney Island" – 3:27
11. "Fatty Walks" – 2:51
12. "Epistrophy" (Thelonious Monk, Kenneth Clarke) – 4:12
13. "You Haunt Me" – 3:40

Personnel

Lounge Lizards

• John Lurie – alto saxophone
• Evan Lurie – keyboards
• Steve Piccolo – bass
• Arto Lindsay – guitar
• Anton Fier – drums

Technical

• Frank Laico – engineering
• Ted Brosnan – engineering
• Peter Saville – design
• Fran Pelzman – photography

References

1. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 434.
2. Carruthers, Sean. "The Lounge Lizards – The Lounge Lizards". AllMusic. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
3. Robertson, Sandy (11 April 1981). "Reptiles in rapture". Sounds. p. 37.
4. Christgau, Robert (June 29, 1981). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved November 20, 2018.