''Slug Line'' is singer-songwriter

John Hiatt John Robert Hiatt (born August 20, 1952) is an American singer-songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including new wave, blues, and country. Hiatt has been nominated for nine Grammy Awards and has been awarded ...

's third album, released in 1979, after four years without a record deal. It is his first of two albums with

MCA Records MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group. Pre-history MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 wit ...

. It was his first charting album, reaching No. 202 on Billboard's album charts, and also the highest-charting album during his first 15 years as a recording artist. His 1987 album '' Bring The Family'' finally became his first album to crack the top 200.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Hiatt, except where noted # "You Used to Kiss the Girls" – 2:36 # "The Negroes Were Dancing" – 2:46 # "Slug Line" – 3:02 # "Madonna Road" – 4:23 (Hiatt, Jim Wismar) # "(No More) Dancin' in the Street" – 2:22 # "Long Night" – 5:18 # "The Night That Kenny Died" – 2:37 # "Radio Girl" – 2:57 # "You're My Love Interest" – 3:19 # "Take Off Your Uniform" – 4:08 # "Sharon's Got a Drugstore" – 2:12 # "Washable Ink" – 3:15

Personnel

*John Hiatt – guitar, vocals *Jon Paris – guitar, bass guitar *Doug Yankus – guitar *Veyler Hildebrand – bass *Etan McElroy – piano, background vocals on "Long Night" * B.J. Wilson – drums *

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– drums * Bruce Gary – drums *Thom Mooney – drums *

Todd Cochran Todd Cochran (born September 3, 1951) is an American pianist, composer, keyboardist, essayist and conceptual artist. Early in his career he was also professionally known as Bayeté. Cochran started his career as a teenager with saxophonist John H ...

– piano, organ ;Technical *

Denny Bruce Denny Bruce (born in 1944 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American record producer and artist manager. While living in Los Angeles in 1965 Denny was hired by Frank Zappa as a second drummer with The Mothers of Invention. After 6 months he cont ...

- Producer *Russ Gary - engineer *

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– art direction *Nick Rozsa – cover photography

References

1979 albums John Hiatt albums MCA Records albums Albums produced by Denny Bruce New wave albums by American artists {{1970s-rock-album-stub