Cats on the Coast
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The leadoff track, "That's Your Secret", reached #50 on the Billboard Hot 100, the band's only charting single.
Reception
Template:Album ratings In a review for AllMusic, Dave Lynch wrote: "Some great music from Sea Level was still to come, but the best moments of Cats on the Coast wouldn't be topped."[2]
Exposé's Peter Thelen stated that, with the album, "there... seemed to be a new emphasis on the vocal material, which seemed to be changing from a country funk sound into more of a funky white soul a la Boz Scaggs. Only four instrumentals this time out, one under two minutes, but still the high point of the album, especially the title track."[3]
Track listing
Side one
- "That's Your Secret" (Randall Bramblett, Davis Causey) – 5:15
- "It Hurts to Want It So Bad" (Charles Feldman, Tim Smith, Steve Smith) – 3:38
- "Storm Warning" (Chuck Leavell) – 5:23
- "Had to Fall" (Randall Bramblett, Jimmy Nalls, Lamar Williams) – 4:35
Side two
- "Midnight Pass" (Neil Larsen) – 6:30
- "Every Little Thing" (Randall Bramblett) – 4:40
- "Cats on the Coast" (Davis Causey) – 5:38
- "Song for Amy" (Chuck Leavell) – 1:40
Charts
| Chart (1978) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 99 |
Personnel
- Randall Bramblett – organ, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, vocals, percussion
- Davis Causey – guitar, backing vocals
- Jai Johanny Johanson – congas
- Chuck Leavell – piano, organ, electric piano, ARP Odyssey, clavinet, percussion, vocals
- Jimmy Nalls – guitar, backing vocals
- George Weaver – drums
- Lamar Williams – bass
- Technical
- Stewart Levine – producer
- Rik Pekkonen – engineer
- David Pinkston – engineer