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Lights Out (Peter Wolf album)

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Lights Out
Wolf dancing
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1984
StudioSyncro Sound, Boston, Massachusetts
GenreRock, blues rock, dance-rock, electro
Length41:10
LabelEMI America
ProducerPeter Wolf, Michael Jonzun
Peter Wolf chronology
Lights Out
(1984)
Come As You Are
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Lights Out is the debut solo album by Peter Wolf, released in 1984. The album was dedicated "to the memory of Edith Marie Hasselman and Edward Mant Hood".[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Lights Out" (Don Covay, Wolf) – 4:27
  2. "I Need You Tonight" (Peter Bliss, Wolf) – 3:39
  3. "Oo-Ee-Diddley-Bop!" (Michael Jonzun, Wolf, Gordon Worthy) – 4:13
  4. "Gloomy Sunday" (László Jávor, Sam M. Lewis, Rezső Seress) – 3:37
  5. "Baby Please Don't Let Me Go" (Michael Jonzun, Maurice Starr, Wolf) – 4:02
  6. "Crazy" (Michael Jonzun, Wolf) – 3:49
  7. "Poor Girl's Heart" (Michael Jonzun, Wolf) – 3:04
  8. "Here Comes That Hurt" (Michael Jonzun, Wolf) – 3:14
  9. "Pretty Lady" (Michael Jonzun, Wolf) – 3:44
  10. "Mars Needs Women" (Michael Jonzun, Wolf) – 2:41
  11. "Billy Bigtime" (Michael Jonzun, Tim Mayer, Wolf) – 4:40

Personnel

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  • Peter Wolf – congas, vocals, backing vocals
  • Robin Beck – backing vocals on "Lights Out"
  • Adrian Belewguitar
  • Peter Bliss – guitar, backing vocals
  • Tony "Rocks" Cowan – guitar
  • Alan Dawson – percussion
  • Elliot Easton – guitar
  • Eddie Gorodetsky – narrator on "Mars Needs Women"
  • Yogi Horton – percussion
  • Mick Jagger – backing vocals on "Pretty Lady"
  • Michael Jonzunbass, flute, guitar, percussion, congas, horn, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Will Lee – bass, vocals, backing vocals
  • Leon Mobley – conductor, congas
  • P-Funk Horns – horn section
  • Rick "Rice" Peppers – guitar
  • Elliott Randall – guitar
  • Randy Roos – guitar
  • G. E. Smith – guitar on "Pretty Lady"
  • Maurice Starr – bass, guitar, backing vocals
  • Ed Stasium – guitar, percussion
  • Rusty "The Toe-Jammer" Pendleton – scratches on "Oo-Ee-Diddley-Bop"
  • Skeeter Singletary – scratches on "Oo-Ee-Diddley-Bop"
  • Gordon Worthy – bass, conga, keyboard, backing vocals

Technical personnel

  • Producers: Peter Wolf, Michael Jonzun
  • Engineer: Ed Stasium
  • Mixing assistant: Billy Miranda
  • Studio assistants: Sidney Burton, Calvin Johnson, Tom Moore
  • Assistant: Gordon Worthy
  • Arrangers: Peter Wolf, Michael Jonzun
  • Art direction: Carin Goldberg, Henry Marquez
  • Design: Carin Goldberg, Henry Marquez
  • Logo design: Michael Diehl
  • Photography: Carol Friedman, Ron Pownall
  • Cover photo: Chris Callis

Charts

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Chart performance for Light's Out
Chart Peak
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 94
US Billboard 200 24

Notes

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  1. ^ Lights Out at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Peter Wolf – Lights Out". Discogs.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 342. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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