City Lights (Dr. John album)
City Lights is an album by Dr. John, his first for Horizon Records. It was released in 1978. Neon Park provided the album artwork. Production. Doc Pomus collaborated with Dr. John on a few of the album's songs. Critical reception. "The Globe and Mail" wrote that Dr. John's "honky-tonk piano sounds especially fine and strange against the lushness of strings - the title song virtually drips with sweet decadence." "Entertainment Weekly" wrote that the album "established Dr. John as a skilled songwriter." "Phoenix New Times" deemed "He's a Hero" " the ultimate hipster -in-the-night song." Writing after the musician's death, "Billboard" thought that the title track, "combining stride piano, strings and an evocative lyric, displays a subtlety Dr. John wouldn’t fully commit to again." Track listing. All songs written by Mac Rebennack (Dr. John) except where noted Personnel. Musicians Technical Arrangements