Elliott Murphy - Night Lights

Styles: Vocal, Pop/Rock
Year: 1976
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:45
Size: 157,7 MB
Art: Front

(6:55)  1. Diamonds By The Yard
(5:13)  2. Deco Dance
(3:22)  3. Rich Girls
(4:32)  4. Abraham Lincoln Continental
(4:55)  5. Isadora's Dancers
(4:18)  6. You'll Never Know What You're In For
(4:11)  7. Lady Stilletto
(3:46)  8. Lookin' For A Hero
(2:48)  9. Never As Old As You
(3:01) 10. Night Connection
(3:16) 11. Wha-d-ya-know
(4:00) 12. Drowning
(2:37) 13. Razor Love
(2:57) 14. Everything A Boy Should Know
(1:27) 15. From 20th Century City
(3:29) 16. Deco Dance
(3:13) 17. What's The Matter
(2:02) 18. Rich Girls
(2:35) 19. Fan Mail

Elliott Murphy returned to recording in New York City for his third album, emphasizing the point by posing for the cover in the middle of 42nd Street. Enlisting producer Steve Katz, who had handled the last three Lou Reed albums, Murphy fronted a studio band including former Velvet Underground singer/guitarist Doug Yule and former Modern Lovers Ernie Brooks (bass) and Jerry Harrison (keyboards), who was soon to join Talking Heads. They gave Murphy a more contemporary and diverse rock sound, further distinguished from the first two albums by Murphy's development into a more expressive singer. He had even cut back on the referential nature of his lyrics, relying instead on clever wordplay and evocative free association, though he was still capable of throwing out lines like "Just a ballad of a thin girl," dangerous stuff for anyone who had been tagged a "new Dylan." For the most part, though, Night Lights showed Murphy to be moving beyond his obvious influences, even if his lyrics sometimes seemed in need of a sharper focus. [BMG Japan's 2008 edition included ten bonus tracks.] ~ William Ruhlmann  http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/night-lights-japan-bonus-tracks-mr0002644154

Night Lights

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Elliott Murphy - Lost Generation

Styles: Vocal, Pop/Rock
Year: 1975
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:58
Size: 84,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:56)  1. Hollywood
(3:31)  2. A Touch of Mercy
(3:05)  3. History
(2:57)  4. When You Ride
(4:05)  5. Bittersweet
(4:38)  6. Lost Generation
(4:03)  7. Manhattan Rock
(3:44)  8. Visions of the Night
(3:42)  9. Lookin' Back
(3:13) 10. Visions of the Night

After his debut album, Aquashow, proved a critical success and a commercial failure, Elliott Murphy switched from Polydor to RCA for Lost Generation, on which Doors producer Paul A. Rothchild and a group of L.A. session musicians gave him a better sound, while his songs seemed like outtakes from the first record. Again, Murphy was endlessly referential, name-checking everyone from Andy Warhol to Ezra Pound, mixing a contemporary New York City milieu with literary, cinematic, musical, and historical allusions in his sometimes whiney sawdust tenor while the band made like Blonde on Blonde. It was the same set of elements that had made Aquashow such a delight, but they weren't blended quite as well this time. Nevertheless, Murphy remained an intriguing songwriter with a nervy cultural sense, and his future seemed promising. 

~ William Ruhlmann  http://www.allmusic.com/album/lost-generation-mw0000839674

Lost Generation

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