Released July 1978 Label Polydor | Genre Disco | |
Recorded 1977–1978, Studio One in Doraville, Georgia & The Sound Pit in Atlanta, Georgia Producer Steve Buckingham (for The Lowery Group) Alicia Bridges
(1978) Play It as It Lays
(1979) | ||
Alicia Bridges is the eponymous debut album from disco singer-songwriter Alicia Bridges, released in 1978 on Polydor Records. The album featured the smash hit single, "I Love the Nightlife (Disco Round)", which, when released as a 12" single (as remixed by producer Jim Burgess, reached a peak of number 5 on the Billboard, Cash Box & Record World charts in 1978 (quickly becoming an RIAA-certified gold record for sales of over one million copies; it would now be seen as a platinum record).
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Bridges released a second single shortly thereafter; the rock-inflected "Body Heat", which had the same strong backbeat as her big hit, but also featured more prominent rhythm guitar. The song became a minor hit, but it was the success of the first single that drove the album, which climbed the charts quickly and remained there for a total of 35 weeks. Bridges would be nominated for a Grammy and performed the hit single as an opening act.
Track listing
- "Body Heat" – 3:02
- "Break Away" – 3:27
- "High Altitudes" – 5:01
- "We Are One" – 4:20
- "City Rhythm" – 3:38
- "I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" – 5:37
- "In the Name of Love" (Bridges) – 4:07
- "Self Applause" – 3:22
- "Diamond in the Rough" – 3:28
- "Broken Woman" (Bridges) – 4:20