Ellen Foley - Nightout

Name: Ellen Foley
Album: Nightout
Year: 1979
Style: Light Rock, Power Pop, Pub Rock
Similar Bands: Linda Ronstadt, Pat Benetar, Patty Smyth, Bonnie Tyler
"One-Word" Review: Pub Rock Theater
Based Out Of: NYC
Label: Epic, Cleveland International, CBS

 Cover, Sleeve, Record

 Back, Sleeve, Record

Nightout (1979)

1. We Belong to the Night 5:18 (single)
2. What's A Matter baby 3:37 (LJ Reynolds / Timi Yuro cover) (single)
3. Stupid Girl 4:06 (Rolling St0ones Cover) (single)
4. Night Out 5:14 /
5. Thunder and Rain 3:02 (Graham Parker cover)(b-side single)
6. Sad Song 3:30 (single)
7. Young Lust 5:27 (b side single)
8. Hideaway 3:42 (b side single)
9. Don't Let Go 3:56 (single)

Album Rating (1-10): 6.0

Members & Other Bands:

• Ellen Foley - Vox (Meatloaf, Clash, Joe Jackson, Pandora's Box, Blue Oyster Cult, Ian Hunter, Gait MacDermot, Sorrows, Iron City Houserockers, Hilly Michaels, Jim Steinman, Dan Hartman, Bonnie Tyler, 5 Chinese Brothers)
• Ian Hunter - Producer, Arrangement, Keys, Guitar, Percussion (Mott the Hoople, At Last the 1958 Rock & Roll Show, Charlie Woolfe, The Rant Band, Overnight Angels, Pompeii, Apex Group, Hunter Ronson Band, the Scenery, more)
• Mick Ronson - Producer, Arrangement, String Arrangement, Lead Guitar, Keys Backing Vox, Percussion (Arnold Corns, David Bowie, Mott the Hoople, Pompeii, Ronno, Spiders from Mars, Hunter Ronson Band, The Rats, Rolling Thunder Revue, Tony Visconti Trio, The Treacle, The Voice, Mariners, Crestas, The Wanted, The Hype, more)
• Bob Ludwig - Mastering
• Harvey Goldberg - Engineer
• Phil Shrago - Asst. Engineer
• Bob Clearmountain - Engineer
• Rory Dodd - Harmony Vox (Jim Steinman, Fire INC, Meat Loaf, Ted Nugent, Garland jeffreys, Ian Hunter, Suzanne Fellini, Eddie Schwartz, Karla DeVito, Rex Smith, Steve Forbert, Peter Criss, Bel-Air Bansits, Didi Stewart, Air Supply, Billy Joel, Barry Manilow, Bonnie Tyler, Blue Rose, Clarence Clemons, Lou Reed, Martin Brilley, Julian Lennon, Barbara Streisand, Billy Squier, Carly Simon, James Taylor, Sheena Easton, Patty Smyth, Kevin Rowland, Scritti polittim, Survivor, Eddie Rabbit, Bon Jovi, Celine Dion)
• Tom Mandel - Keys (Pins, Miamis, Ian Hunter, David Johansen, Children of the World, Hilly Michaels, Iron City Houserockers, Bryan Adams, Sylvain Sylvain, Klaus Nomi, Gary Private, Amy Kanter, Martin Briley, Payola$, Dire Straits, John Waite, Bon Jovi, Nils Lofgren, Denise Williams, Matthew Sweet, Lone Justice, Tina Turner,  Price, Pretenders, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Wold, Little Steven, B-52's, Cyndi Lauper, Sadistic Mika Band, Foreigner, Violent Femmes, Pavarotti, Christine Lavin, Joey Ramone)
• Hilly Michaels - Drums (Sparks, Joy, Peach & Lee, Roger C Reale, Delta Cross band, Johnny Cougar, Dan Hartman, Van Duren, Bram Tchaikovsky, Tommy Mandel, Espionafe, Scott McCarl, Prix, Ian Hunter)
• Martin Briley - Bass (Green slade, Ian Hunter, Mandrake, Prowler, Starbuck, True Adventure, other credits)
• Kerryn Tolhurst - Slide Guitar (Country Radio, Sundown, Dingoes, others)
• Gene Greif - Design
• Benno Friedman - Photography

Unknown-ness: I've seen this album around for a while at various thrift shops (or maybe it was the same copy multiple times at one store), but finally decided to buy it in hopes it might be some sort of power pop female lead album, or at least one stand out track I'd like a lot. I've never heard of Ellen Foley.

Album Review: Ellen Foley is and was a music, theater and tv actress performer, with four albums, numerous high profile theatrical roles (Broadway: Me and My Girl, Hair, Into the Woods. Off-Broadway: Beehive), she was in films Hair, Fatal Attraction, Married to the Mob and Cocktail, and she was the original public defender on Night Court, Billie Young. Her big break was singing with Meatloaf on "Paradise by the Dashboard Lights" in 1977. She has also worked with Blue Oyster Cult, Joe Jackson, Utopia,  The Blockheads and The Clash. In fact, "Should I Stay or Should I Go" was written about his, (Mick Jones) relationship with Foley. In the Mid-00's she was a teacher at the Manhattan branch of Paul Green's School of Rock. This album reached #1 in the Netherlands, and is a mix of guitar heavy, pub rock style songs, theatrical ballads, and vocal pop songs to showcase Foley's range.

Stand Out Track: Young Lust

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