Street_Life_(The_Crusaders_album)

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Street Life (The Crusaders album)

1979 studio album by the Crusaders

Street Life is a studio album by the American jazz band the Crusaders. It was a top 20 album on three Billboard charts and represents the peak of the band's commercial popularity. The title track, featuring singer Randy Crawford, was a Top 40 pop single (No. 36) and became the group's most successful entry on the soul chart (No. 17).[1] It was No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. "Street Life" also hit the disco chart, peaking at No. 75,[2] and was re-recorded by Doc Severinsen with Crawford reprising her vocal for the opening sequence of the noir crime drama Sharky's Machine, directed by Burt Reynolds in 1981. This faster paced version was also featured in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, released in 1997.

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The cover photograph was taken at 409 N Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, California.[3]

Critical reception

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The Bay State Banner noted that "Crawford's voice has passion and intensity, unlike the meanderings heard on her albums."[7]

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[8]

Track listing

  1. "Street Life" (Will Jennings, Joe Sample) – 11:18
  2. "My Lady" (Wilton Felder) – 6:43
  3. "Rodeo Drive (High Steppin')" (Sample) – 4:28
  4. "Carnival of the Night" (Felder) – 6:24
  5. "The Hustler" (Stix Hooper) – 5:18
  6. "Night Faces" (Sample) – 5:10

Personnel

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

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Singles - Billboard (United States)

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References

  1. [1]
    Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 140.
  2. [2]
    Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 66.
  3. [3]
    "Musical Maps". Musicalmaps.com.au. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Street Life". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  5. [5]
    Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. [6]
    Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 53. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  7. [7]
    Lane, George (7 June 1979). "Shades of Blue". Bay State Banner. No. 35. p. 13.
  8. [8]
    Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (7 February 2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 0-7893-1371-5.
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