The Lounge Lizards (album) explained

The Lounge Lizards
Type:	studio
Artist:	the Lounge Lizards
Cover:	Lounge_Lizards-st.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	1981
Recorded:	July 21–22, 28–29, 1980
Studio:	CBS, New York City
Genre:	Avant-garde jazz
Label:	E.G.
Producer:	Teo Macero
Next Title:	No Pain for Cakes
Next Year:	1987

The Lounge Lizards is the first album by the Lounge Lizards. It features hectic instrumental jazz. The songs are mostly composed by band leader and saxophone player John Lurie. The album artwork was designed by the English graphic designer Peter Saville.

Track listing

All songs written by John Lurie, except where noted.

1. "Incident on South Street" – 3:21
2. "Harlem Nocturne" (Earle Hagen) – 2:04
3. "Do the Wrong Thing" (John Lurie, Steve Piccolo) – 2:39
4. "Au Contraire Arto" – 3:22
5. "Well You Needn't" (Thelonious Monk) – 1:53
6. "Ballad" – 3:22
7. "Wangling" – 2:58
8. "Conquest of Rar" (John Lurie, Evan Lurie, Anton Fier) – 3:12
9. "Demented" – 2:01
10. "I Remember Coney Island" – 3:27
11. "Fatty Walks" – 2:51
12. "Epistrophy" (Thelonious Monk, Kenneth Clarke) – 4:12
13. "You Haunt Me" – 3:40

Personnel

Lounge Lizards

• John Lurie – alto saxophone
• Evan Lurie – keyboards
• Steve Piccolo – bass
• Arto Lindsay – guitar
• Anton Fier – drums

Technical

• Frank Laico – engineering
• Ted Brosnan – engineering
• Peter Saville – design
• Fran Pelzman – photography