Alicia_Bridges_(album)

<i>Alicia Bridges</i> (album)

Alicia Bridges (album)

1978 studio album by Alicia Bridges

Alicia Bridges is the eponymous debut album from disco singer-songwriter Alicia Bridges, released in 1978 on Polydor Records. The album featured the smash hit single, "I Love the Nightlife (Disco Round)", which, when released as a 12" single (as remixed by producer Jim Burgess), reached a peak of number 5 on the Billboard, Cash Box & Record World charts in 1978 (quickly becoming an RIAA-certified gold record for sales of over one million copies; it would now be seen as a platinum record).[3] Alicia Bridges peaked a number 52 on the Australian chart.[4]

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Bridges released a second single shortly thereafter; the rock-inflected "Body Heat", which had the same strong backbeat as her big hit, but also featured more prominent rhythm guitar. The song became a minor hit, but it was the success of the first single that drove the album, which climbed the charts quickly and remained there for a total of 35 weeks. Bridges would be nominated for a Grammy and performed the hit single as an opening act.

Track listing

All songs written by Alicia Bridges and Susan Hutcheson, except where noted.

  1. "Body Heat" – 3:02
  2. "Break Away" – 3:27
  3. "High Altitudes" – 5:01
  4. "We Are One" – 4:20
  5. "City Rhythm" – 3:38
  6. "I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" – 5:37
  7. "In the Name of Love" (Alicia Bridges) – 4:07
  8. "Self Applause" – 3:22
  9. "Diamond in the Rough" – 3:28
  10. "Broken Woman" (Alicia Bridges) – 4:20

Personnel

  • Alicia Bridges - lead and backing vocal
  • Bernardine Mitchell, Keith "Doc" Samuels, Vinni O'Neal - backing vocals
  • Steve Buckingham, Ken Bell - guitars
  • John Fristoe - guitars, backing vocals
  • Randy McCormick - organ, piano, synthesizers, clavinet, melodica, string arrangements
  • Alan Feingold, Steve McRay - organ
  • Tom Robb - bass
  • Roy Yeager - drums
  • Mickey Buckins - percussion
  • Jay Scott - saxophone

Production

  • Produced by Steve Buckingham for The Lowery Group
  • Engineered by Pete Turbiville
  • Mix & re-mixed Milan Bogdan, Pete Turbiville, Rodney Mills & Tad Bush
  • Mastered by Bob Ludwig
  • Rick Diamond - sleeve photography

References

  1. [1]
    https://www.allmusic.com/album/alicia-bridges-r31488
  2. [2]
    Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (February 22 – March 7, 1979): 25.
  3. [3]
    RIAA Certification riaa.com Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  4. [4]
    Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 46. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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