Little Stevie Orbit Explained
| Little Stevie Orbit |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Steve Forbert |
| Cover: | LittleStevieOrbit.jpg |
| Released: | 1980 |
| Recorded: | 1980 |
| Studio: | A&R Studios, New York |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 42:58 |
| Label: | Nemperor |
| Producer: | Pete Solley |
| Prev Title: | Jackrabbit Slim |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | Steve Forbert |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
Little Stevie Orbit is the third album by American singer-songwriter Steve Forbert.[1] [2]
Critical reception
The New York Times called the album "a mainstream pop record, for better and for worse, with the principal assertion of personality by Mr. Forbert coming in what sounds like his increasingly mannered singing."[3]
Track listing
All songs written by Steve Forbert
- "Get Well Soon" – 3:53
- "Cellophane City" – 5:33
- "Song for Carmelita" – 1:55
- "Laughter Lou (Who Needs You?)" – 3:10
- "Song For Katrina" – 3:30
- "One More Glass of Beer" – 4:20
- "Lucky" – 1:12
- "Rain" – 3:10
- "I'm An Automobile" – 2:58
- "Schoolgirl" – 3:01
- "If You've Gotta Ask You'll Never Know" – 2:15
- "Lonely Girl" – 3:23
- "A Visitor" – 4:27
Personnel
- Steve Forbert – guitar, harmonica, vocals
- Paul Errico – organ, accordion, piano on "I'm an Automobile" and "A Visitor"
- Robbie Kondor – organ, piano on "I'm an Automobile" and "A Visitor"
- Shane Fontayne – lead guitar
- Hugh McDonald – bass
- Bobby Lloyd Hicks – drums, percussion
- Barry Lazarowitz – drums on "Lonely Girl"
- Bill Jones – saxophone
- Kenny Kosek – fiddle
- Pete Solley - string arrangements
- Technical
- Steve Brown - recording, mixing
- Elliott Landy - photography
Notes and References
- News: Gehman . Geoff . Steve Forbert: Variety's Child . The Morning Call . May 10, 1986 . A63.
- News: Racine . Marty . Steve Forbert: It was arrival, survival—and now revival . Houston Chronicle . April 12, 1987 . Zest . 10.
- News: Rockwell . John . The Pop Life . The New York Times . 5 Sep 1980 . C12.
- Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 114.
