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Cats on the Coast

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Cats on the Coast
Studio album by
Released1977
RecordedCapricorn Sound Studios, Macon, GA
Length38:12
LabelCapricorn
ProducerStewart Levine
Sea Level chronology
Sea Level
(1977)
Cats on the Coast
(1977)
On the Edge
(1978)

Cats on the Coast is the second album by American rock band Sea Level.[1] It was released in 1977 on Capricorn Records.

The leadoff track, "That's Your Secret", reached #50 on the Billboard Hot 100, the band's only charting single.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[3]

In a review for AllMusic, Dave Lynch wrote: "Some great music from Sea Level was still to come, but the best moments of Cats on the Coast wouldn't be topped."[2]

Exposé's Peter Thelen stated that, with the album, "there... seemed to be a new emphasis on the vocal material, which seemed to be changing from a country funk sound into more of a funky white soul a la Boz Scaggs. Only four instrumentals this time out, one under two minutes, but still the high point of the album, especially the title track."[4]

Track listing

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Side one

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  1. "That's Your Secret" (Randall Bramblett, Davis Causey) – 5:15
  2. "It Hurts to Want It So Bad" (Charles Feldman, Tim Smith, Steve Smith) – 3:38
  3. "Storm Warning" (Chuck Leavell) – 5:23
  4. "Had to Fall" (Randall Bramblett, Jimmy Nalls, Lamar Williams) – 4:35

Side two

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  1. "Midnight Pass" (Neil Larsen) – 6:30
  2. "Every Little Thing" (Randall Bramblett) – 4:40
  3. "Cats on the Coast" (Davis Causey) – 5:38
  4. "Song for Amy" (Chuck Leavell) – 1:40

Charts

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Chart (1978) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 99

Personnel

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  • Randall Bramblett – organ, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, vocals, percussion
  • Davis Causey – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jai Johanny Johanson – congas
  • Chuck Leavell – piano, organ, electric piano, ARP Odyssey, clavinet, percussion, vocals
  • Jimmy Nalls – guitar, backing vocals
  • George Weaver – drums
  • Lamar Williams – bass
Technical
  • Stewart Levine – producer
  • Rik Pekkonen – engineer
  • David Pinkston – engineer

References

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  1. ^ "Country fools". Jazziz. Vol. 19, no. 7. Jul 2002. p. 21.
  2. ^ a b Lynch, Dave. "Sea Level: Cats on the Coast". AllMusic. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Thelen, Peter (April 1, 1999). "Reviews: Sea Level". Exposé. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 267. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.