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