Alive on Arrival is the first album by the American singer-songwriter Steve Forbert, released in 1978.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Forbert

"Goin' Down to Laurel" – 4:39

"Steve Forbert's Midsummer Night's Toast" – 2:49

"Thinkin'" – 3:25

"What Kinda Guy?" – 2:34

"It Isn't Gonna Be That Way" – 4:55

"Big City Cat" – 3:50

"Grand Central Station, March 18, 1977" – 4:13

"Tonight I Feel So Far Away from Home" – 3:14

"Settle Down" – 3:46

"You Cannot Win If You Do Not Play" – 4:33

Personnel

Steve Forbert – guitar, harmonica, vocals

David Sanborn – alto saxophone on "Big City Cat" Brian Torff – acoustic bass on "Tonight I Feel So Far from Home" Steve Burgh – lead guitar Dennis Good – trombone Robbie Kondor – organ, piano Barry Lazarowitz – drums, tambourine Hugh McDonald – bass; electric guitar on "What Kinda Guy?" Harvey Shapiro – pedal steel Technical Glenn Berger, Charles Clifton - engineer Danny Fields - front cover photography

Alive on Arrival

References

1978 debut albums

Steve Forbert albums

Columbia Records albums

Alive on Arrival