A Night on the Town (Bruce Hornsby album) explained

A Night on the Town
Type:	studio
Artist:	Bruce Hornsby and the Range
Cover:	NightTown Hornsby.jpg
Released:	May 25, 1990
Recorded:	1989–1990
Studio:	Record One, Los Angeles Kingsound, Hollywood Larrabee, North Hollywood
Genre:	Rock, soft rock
Length:	55:07
Label:	RCA
Producer:	Bruce Hornsby, Don Gehman
Chronology:	Bruce Hornsby
Prev Title:	Scenes from the Southside
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Harbor Lights
Next Year:	1993

A Night on the Town was the third and final studio 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 and peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100. Bruce Hornsby chose Laurelle Brooks as the female lead in the music video for "Across the River".

Personnel

The Range

• Bruce Hornsby – lead vocals, grand piano, synthesizer, accordion
• George Marinelli – guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
• Joe Puerta – bass, backing vocals
• John Molo – drums

Additional personnel

• "Carry the Water" – Laura Creamer and 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"– Jerry Garcia (guitar), Laura Creamer and 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 and Arnold McCuller (backing vocals)
• "Special Night" – Shawn Colvin (backing vocals)
• "These Arms of Mine" – Bridgette Bryant, David Lasley, Arnold McCuller and Fred White (backing vocals)

Production

• Produced by Bruce Hornsby and Don Gehman
• Engineered by Ed Thacker (tracks 1 and 3–11) and Eddie King (track 2)
• Additional engineering – Steve "Sound" Cormier, Don Gehman and Eddie King
• Assistant engineers – Don Bosworth, Robin Laine-Levine, Ted Pattison, John "Chamberlin" Pilatus, Neal Pogue and Chris Winter
• Recorded at Record One (Sherman Oaks, California), Kingsound Studios (Hollywood Hills, California) and Larrabee Sound Studios (North Hollywood, California)
• Mixed by Ed Thacker at Larabee Sound Studios and Chapel Studios (Los Angeles, California)
• Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Keyboard technician – Paul Johnson
• Production coordination – Sharona Sabbag
• Art direction – Norman Moore and Ria Lewerke
• Photography – Peter Miller

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1990)! scope="col"

Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)^[1]	59
US AOR (Radio & Records)^[2]	1
US Billboard 200^[3]	20

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)! scope="col"

Position
US Billboard 200^[4]	95

Certifications

Notes and References

1. 133.
2. Web site: AOR Albums. Radio & Records. 6 July 1990. 91. May 10, 2022.
3. Web site: Billboard 200: Week of July 28, 1990. Billboard. May 11, 2022.
4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20210314064546/https://billboard.com/charts/year-end/1990/top-billboard-200-albums. March 14, 2021. Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End. Billboard. May 10, 2022.