''Cats on the Coast'' was the second album by

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. It was released in 1977 on

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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

In a review for

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, 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." 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."

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" (

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) – 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

Personnel

Randall Bramblett Randall Bramblett (born 1948) is an American musician and singer-songwriter, whose career as a solo artist, session player, and touring musician, has spanned more than three decades. He has worked with Gregg Allman, Bonnie Raitt, Goose Creek S ...

– organ, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, vocals, percussion * Davis Causey – guitar, backing vocals *

Jai Johanny Johanson John Lee Johnson (born July 8, 1944), frequently known by the stage names Jai Johanny Johanson and Jaimoe, is an American drummer and percussionist. He is best known as one of the founding members of the Allman Brothers Band. Johanson played w ...

– congas *

Chuck Leavell Charles Alfred Leavell (born April 28, 1952) is an American musician. A member of the Allman Brothers Band throughout their commercial zenith in the 1970s, he subsequently became a founding member of the band Sea Level. He has served as the pri ...

– piano, organ, electric piano, ARP Odyssey, clavinet, percussion, vocals * Jimmy Nalls – guitar, backing vocals * George Weaver – drums *

Lamar Williams Lamar Williams (January 14, 1949 – January 21, 1983) was an American musician best known for serving as the bassist of The Allman Brothers Band (1972–1976) and Sea Level (1976–1980). Early years Williams was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, ...

– bass ;Technical *

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– producer * Rik Pekkonen – engineer * David Pinkston – engineer

References

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