Alicia Bridges (album)
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| Alicia Bridges | ||||
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| Released | July 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1977–1978 | |||
| Studio | Studio One, Doraville, Georgia; The Sound Pit, Atlanta, Georgia | |||
| Genre | Disco | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Steve Buckingham (for The Lowery Group) | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Smash Hits | 5/10[2] |
Alicia Bridges is the eponymous debut album from disco singer-songwriter Alicia Bridges, released in 1978 on Polydor Records. The album featured the smash hit single, "I Love the Nightlife (Disco Round)", which, when released as a 12" single (as remixed by producer Jim Burgess), reached a peak of number 5 on the Billboard, Cash Box & Record World charts in 1978 (quickly becoming an RIAA-certified gold record for sales of over one million copies; it would now be seen as a platinum record).[3] Alicia Bridges peaked a number 52 on the Australian chart.[4]
Bridges released a second single shortly thereafter; the rock-inflected "Body Heat", which had the same strong backbeat as her big hit, but also featured more prominent rhythm guitar. The song became a minor hit, but it was the success of the first single that drove the album, which climbed the charts quickly and remained there for a total of 35 weeks. Bridges would be nominated for a Grammy and performed the hit single as an opening act.
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Alicia Bridges and Susan Hutcheson, except where noted.
- "Body Heat" – 3:02
- "Break Away" – 3:27
- "High Altitudes" – 5:01
- "We Are One" – 4:20
- "City Rhythm" – 3:38
- "I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" – 5:37
- "In the Name of Love" (Alicia Bridges) – 4:07
- "Self Applause" – 3:22
- "Diamond in the Rough" – 3:28
- "Broken Woman" (Alicia Bridges) – 4:20
Personnel[edit]
- Alicia Bridges - lead and backing vocal
- Bernardine Mitchell, Keith "Doc" Samuels, Vinni O'Neal - backing vocals
- Steve Buckingham, Ken Bell - guitars
- John Fristoe - guitars, backing vocals
- Randy McCormick - organ, piano, synthesizers, clavinet, melodica, string arrangements
- Alan Feingold, Steve McRay - organ
- Tom Robb - bass
- Roy Yeager - drums
- Mickey Buckins - percussion
- Jay Scott - saxophone
Production[edit]
- Produced by Steve Buckingham for The Lowery Group
- Engineered by Pete Turbiville
- Mix & re-mixed Milan Bogdan, Pete Turbiville, Rodney Mills & Tad Bush
- Mastered by Bob Ludwig
- Rick Diamond - sleeve photography
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/alicia-bridges-r31488
- ^ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (February 22 – March 7, 1979): 25.
- ^ RIAA Certification riaa.com Retrieved January 25, 2016.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 46. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
