A Night on the Town (Bruce Hornsby album)
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| Studio album by Bruce Hornsby and the Range | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop, adult contemporary | |||
| Length | 55:07 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Bruce Hornsby, Don Gehman | |||
| Bruce Hornsby chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
A Night on the Town was the third and final album by Bruce Hornsby and the Range. Following albums would be credited to Hornsby alone. A Night on the Town features Hornsby's last significant hit single, "Across the River", which spent one week at the top of the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. Bruce Hornsby chose Laurelle Brooks as the female lead in the music video for "Across the River".
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Bruce Hornsby except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "A Night on the Town" | Bruce Hornsby, John Hornsby | 4:26 | |
| 2. | "Carry the Water" | 5:09 | ||
| 3. | "Fire on the Cross" | Bruce Hornsby, John Hornsby | 4:39 | |
| 4. | "Barren Ground" | Bruce Hornsby, John Hornsby | 5:29 | |
| 5. | "Across the River" | Bruce Hornsby, John Hornsby | 5:10 | |
| 6. | "Stranded on Easy Street" | Bruce Hornsby, John Hornsby | 3:54 | |
| 7. | "Stander on the Mountain" | 6:10 | ||
| 8. | "Lost Soul" | 5:45 | ||
| 9. | "Another Day" | 4:24 | ||
| 10. | "Special Night" | 4:11 | ||
| 11. | "These Arms of Mine" | 5:53 |
Personnel
- Bruce Hornsby – vocals, piano, synthesizer, accordion
- George Marinelli – guitar, mandolin
- Joe Puerta – bass, backing vocals
- John Molo – drums
Additional personnel, by track
- "Carry the Water"
- Laura Creamer – backing vocals
- Shaun Murphy – backing vocals
- "Fire on the Cross"
- Béla Fleck – banjo
- Wayne Shorter – saxophone
- "Barren Ground"
- Shawn Colvin – backing vocals
- Béla Fleck – banjo
- Jerry Garcia – guitar
- "Across the River"
- Laura Creamer – backing vocals
- Jerry Garcia – guitar
- Shaun Murphy – backing vocals
- "Stranded on Easy Street"
- David Mansfield – guitar
- Jimmie Wood – harmonica
- "Stander on the Mountain"
- Charlie Haden – upright bass
- David Mansfield – violin
- Shawn Colvin – backing vocals
- "Lost Soul"
- Shawn Colvin – vocals
- "Another Day"
- David Lasley – backing vocals
- Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
- "Special Night"
- Shawn Colvin – backing vocals
- "These Arms of Mine"
- Bridgette Bryant – backing vocals
- David Lasley – backing vocals
- Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
- Fred White – backing vocals
Notes
- ↑ Newson, Jim. Bruce Hornsby and the Range: A Night on the Town > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
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