Streets of New York is the fifth studio album by New York City based singer/songwriter Willie Nile

Willie Nile

Willie Nile is an American singer-songwriter. In 1980 Nile released his self-titled debut album which according to one critic remains “one of the most thrilling post-Byrds folk-rock albums of all time”...

. This is Nile’s tribute to the city that gave him international exposure to the music world through the critical eyes and ears of the New York Times. The album is a tour book of City images; The tourists, the subway, the West Side, Rivington Street, a circus at Washington Square where one meets Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley

Ellas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor...

, a Broadway night out with Annie, where we encounter a saddened aging actress whose best years are far behind her. A protest and a chilling reminder of the modern dangers we all face in today’s world. The album is a portrait of the maze of iron, stone, and people that makes New York so unique, while mocking its opulence; still Nile always finds his way back home to the “Streets of New York”.

Track listing

1. "Welcome to My Head" – 3:22 (W. Nile)
2. "Asking Annie Out" – 3:11 (W. Nile, F. Lee)
3. "Game of Fools" – 4:10 (W. Nile, F. Lee)
4. "Back Home" – 6:24 (W. Nile)
5. "The Day I Saw Bo Diddley In Washington Square" – 4:46 (W. Nile, F. Lee)
6. "Best Friends Money Can Buy" – 3:17 (W. Nile)
7. "Faded Flower of Broadway" – 5:12 (W. Nile, F. Lee)
8. "When One Stands" – 4:46 (W. Nile, F. Lee)
9. "Whole World With You" – 4:10 (W. Nile)
10. "On Some Rainy Day" – 5:10 (W. Nile, F. Lee)
11. "Cell Phones Ringing (In The Pockets Of The Dead" – 5:13 (W. Nile)
12. "Lonesome Dark-Eyed Beauty" – 5:47 (W. Nile)
13. "Police On My Back" – 3:33 (E. Grant
    Eddy Grant
    Edmond Montague "Eddy" Grant is a musician, born in Plaisance, Guyana.- Life and career :When he was still a young boy, his parents emigrated to London, UK, where he settled. He lived in Kentish Town and went to school at the Acland Burghley Secondary Modern at Tufnell Park...
    
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14. "Streets Of New York" – 5:20 (W. Nile)

Personnel

• Willie Nile
  Willie Nile
  Willie Nile is an American singer-songwriter. In 1980 Nile released his self-titled debut album which according to one critic remains “one of the most thrilling post-Byrds folk-rock albums of all time”...
  
   – 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...
  
  , vocals, piano, organ, rhodes
• Andy York – Guitar, Piano, Organ, Mellotron, Tambourine, Backing vocals
• Brad Albetta – Electric & Acoustic Bass
• Rich Pagano – Drums, Percussion, Backing vocals
• Frankie Lee – Drums, Percussion, Congas, Backing vocals

Guest musicians

• Bruce Brody – Hammond B3
• Andy Burton – String box, Organ, Piano
• Larry Campbell
  Larry Campbell (musician)
  Larry Campbell is a multi-instrumentalist who plays many stringed instruments in genres including country, folk, blues, and rock...
  
   – Mandolin, Fiddle, Citttern
• Jakob Dylan
  Jakob Dylan
  Jakob Luke Dylan is the lead singer and songwriter of the rock band The Wallflowers and is a son of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and Sara Dylan. He has also recorded two solo albums.-Personal life:...
  
   – Backing vocals
• Rob Hyman – Hammond B3, Toy piano, Keyboards
• Rami Jaffee
  Rami Jaffee
  Rami Jaffee, born March 11, 1969, in Los Angeles, is best known as the keyboardist of The Wallflowers and work for several bands and artists, including Foo Fighters, Pete Yorn, Soul Asylum, Pearl Jam, Stone Sour, Joseph Arthur and Coheed and Cambria....
  
   – Hammond B3
• Stewart Lerman
  Stewart Lerman
  Stewart Lerman is a Bronx born, New York-based music producer, recording engineer, who has worked with The Roches, Antony and the Johnsons, Jules Shear, Marshall Crenshaw, Crash Test Dummies, Nellie McKay, Loudon Wainwright, Black 47, David Johanson, David Byrne, Willie Nile, Soulive, Darden Smith,...
  
  – Electric Guitar
• Brian Mitchell - Wurlitzer
• Eddy Nystrom – Acoustic Guitar
• Fred Parcels – Tin Whistle, Trombone

Production

• Executive Producer: George Hecksher
• Producers: Willie Nile, Rich Pagano, Andy York, Brad Albetta, Frankie Lee
• Engineering: Brian Fulk, Brad Albetta, Rich Lamb, Rich Pagano, Stewart Lerman, Michael Golub
• Remixing: Rich Pagano, Jamey Staub, Stewart Lerman
• Mastering: Fred Kevorkian
• Cover photo: Jeff Fasano
• Photography: Godis, Jeff Fasano, Luke Noonan, Bourdeau Brothers, Judy Finelly,
• Art Direction: Victoria Collier, Deborah Maniaci

External links

• NPR Review of Streets of New York
• Streets of New York on YouTube
• [ All Music Review of Streets of New York]