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A Night on the Town is Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....

's seventh album, released in 1976. The cover art is based on Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty, and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to...

's painting "Bal du moulin de la Galette" with Stewart inserted in the centre in period costume. On 30 June 2009, Rhino reissued the album as a two-disc CD with bonus tracks.

Side one – Slow Side

  1. "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
    Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
    "Tonight's the Night " is a song by Rod Stewart, recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama for his 1976 album A Night on the Town. The song became his second US chart topper, peaked at #5 in UK, #3 in Australia and charted well in other parts of the world as well...

    " – 3:54
  2. "The First Cut Is the Deepest
    The First Cut Is the Deepest
    "The First Cut Is the Deepest" is a 1967 song written by Cat Stevens, originally released by P. P. Arnold in the spring of 1967. Stevens' own version of the song is technically a cover, and originally appeared on his album New Masters in December 1967....

    " (Cat Stevens
    Cat Stevens
    Yusuf Islam , commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam....

    ) – 4:31
  3. "Fool for You" – 3:39
  4. "The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)
    The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)
    "The Killing of Georgie " is the name of a song written and recorded by Rod Stewart. It was released as a track on his album, A Night on the Town, in 1976. The song tells the story of a man who was killed in New York City. Part II is an homage to Stewart's idol, Belfast-born football player George...

    " – 6:28

Side two – Fast Side

  1. "The Balltrap" – 4:37
  2. "Pretty Flamingo
    Pretty Flamingo
    "Pretty Flamingo" is a song written by Mark Barkan, which became a hit in 1966 when Manfred Mann's recording of it was released as a single. The single reached number one in the UK singles chart on 5 May 1966....

    " (Mark Barkan) – 3:27
  3. "Big Bayou" (Floyd Gilbeau) – 3:54
  4. "The Wild Side of Life
    The Wild Side of Life
    "The Wild Side of Life" is a song made famous by country music singer Hank Thompson. Originally released in 1952, the song became one of the most popular recordings in the genre's history, spending 15 weeks at No...

    " (Arlie Carter, Wayne Walker) – 5:09
  5. "Trade Winds" (Ralph MacDonald
    Ralph MacDonald
    Ralph MacDonald is an American percussionist and song-writer. He joined Harry Belafonte's band at age 17. He wrote the Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway song "Where is the Love" with songwriting partner William Salter. Probably his best-known composition is the Grover Washington, Jr...

    , William Salter) – 5:16

Track Listing for 2009 re-release

Disc One:
  1. "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)"
  2. "The First Cut Is the Deepest"
  3. "Fool for You"
  4. "The Killing of Georgie" (Part I and II)
  5. "The Balltrap"
  6. "Pretty Flamingo"
  7. "Big Bayou"
  8. "The Wild Side of Life"
  9. "Trade Winds"
  10. "Rosie"


Disc Two:
  1. "Share" (Studio Outtake)
  2. "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" (Early version)
  3. "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (Early version)
  4. "Fool for You" (Early version)
  5. "The Killing of Georgie (Part I)" (Early version)
  6. "The Balltrap" (Early version)
  7. "Pretty Flamingo" (Early version)
  8. "Big Bayou" (Early version)
  9. "The Wild Side of Life" (Early version)
  10. "Trade Winds" (Early version)
  11. "Rosie" (Early version)
  12. "Get Back" (Early version)

Personnel

  • Bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    : Donald Dunn, Bob Glaub
    Bob Glaub
    Bob Glaub is an American bass player and session musician. He's played with such artists and bands as Journey, Jackson Browne, Bee Gees, Eric Carmen, Linda Ronstadt, Leo Sayer, Warren Zevon, Rod Stewart, Donna Summer, Bonnie Raitt and many others....

    , David Hood
    David Hood
    David Hood , is a bassist from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He also plays the trombone and is a member of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame....

    , Willie Weeks
    Willie Weeks
    Willie Weeks is an American bass guitarist. He has gained fame performing with famous musicians in a wide variety of genres. He has been one of the most in-demand session musicians throughout his career. Weeks has also gained notoriety touring with many of rock's heavyweights throughout his career...

    , Lee Sklar
  • Guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    s: Steve Cropper
    Steve Cropper
    Steve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...

    , Willie Weeks, Joe Walsh
    Joe Walsh
    Joseph Fidler "Joe" Walsh is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has been a member of three commercially successful bands, the James Gang, Barnstorm, and the Eagles, and has experienced notable success as a solo artist and prolific session musician, especially with B.B...

    , J. Davis, David Lindley
    David Lindley (musician)
    David Perry Lindley is an American musician who is notable for his work with Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, and other rock musicians. He has worked extensively in other genres as well, performing with artists as varied as Curtis Mayfield and Dolly Parton...

    , Fred Tackett
    Fred Tackett
    Fred Tackett, an American native of Arkansas, is an accomplished songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Originally a session player on guitar, mandolin, and trumpet, he is best known for his longevity as a member of the band Little Feat....

  • Keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    : John Jarvis, David Foster
    David Foster
    David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...

    , Barry Beckett
    Barry Beckett
    Barry Edward Beckett was a keyboardist who worked as a session musician with several notable artists on their studio albums...

    , J. Smith
  • Drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    : Roger Hawkins
    Roger Hawkins
    Roger G Hawkins , is an American drummer best known for playing as part of the studio backing band known as The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section of Alabama...

    , Andy Newmark
    Andy Newmark
    Andrew "Andy" Newmark is an American musician, best known as a popular session drummer, and for playing with the funk band Sly & the Family Stone from 1972 to 1973....

    , Al Jackson
    Al Jackson
    Al Jackson, Jr. was a drummer, producer, and songwriter. He is best known as a founding member of Booker T. & the M.G.s, a group of session musicians who worked for Stax Records and produced their own instrumentals...

  • Percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

    : Tommy Vig
    Tommy Vig
    Tommy Vig is an award-winning jazz vibraharpist, drummer, percussionist, arranger, big band leader, film, television, and classical concert composer, inventor, author, and educator.- Life and Work :...

    , Joe Lala
    Joe Lala
    Joe Lala is an actor and voice actor, notable for his dubbing of Kun Lan of the video-game Killer7.He also played drums and percussion on 32 gold and 28 platinum albums. His credits include Blues Image, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Manassas, The Bee Gees, Whitney Houston, and many...

  • String
    String
    Generally, string is a flexible piece of rope or twine which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects.Examples of string use include:* For flying kites* string figures, designs formed by weaving string around one's fingers...

     Arrangements: Jimmy Horowitz, Mel Lewis, Arif Mardin
    Arif Mardin
    Arif Mardin was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco, and country...

  • Horn
    Horn (instrument)
    The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....

    s: Tower of Power
    Tower of Power
    Tower of Power is an American R&B-based horn section and band, originating in Oakland, California, that has been performing for over 43 years. They are best known for their funky soul sound highlighted by a powerful horn section...

     horn section
  • Tenor saxophone
    Tenor saxophone
    The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...

     solos: Jerry Jumonville, Plas Johnson
    Plas Johnson
    Plas John Johnson Jr. is an American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most familiar as the lead on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme"....


Charting singles

Year Single Chart Position
1976 "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" Billboard – Pop Singles 1
1977 "The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)" Billboard – Pop Singles 30
1977 "The First Cut Is the Deepest" Billboard – Pop Singles 21

Album charts

Year Chart Position
1976 Billboard – Pop Albums 2
Australian Kent Music Report
Kent Music Report
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998...

 Albums Chart
1
UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

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