''Provocative Percussion Volume 2'' is a studio album by Enoch Light and The Light Brigade. It was released in 1960 on

Command Records Origin and history Command Records was a record label founded by Enoch Light in 1959 and, in October that year, was acquired by ABC-Paramount Records. Light produced a majority of the releases in the label's catalog. The company focused on prod ...

(catalog no. RS 810-SD).Liner notes on back cover and inside the gatefold of the album. The album cover artwork is by abstract painter

Josef Albers Josef Albers (; ; March 19, 1888March 25, 1976) was a German-born artist and educator. The first living artist to be given a solo show at MoMA and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he taught at the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College ...

. ''Provocative Percussion'' debuted on the '' Billboard'' magazine pop album chart on September 19, 1960, peaked at the No. 4 spot, and remained on the chart for 31 weeks.

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gave the album a rating of three stars. Reviewer Eugene Chadbourne called Light "a heavyweight when it comes to big-band charts."

Track listing

Side A # "Hernando's Hideaway" (J. Ross, R. Adler) :05# "Speak To Me Of Love - Cha Cha" (B. Sievier, J. Lenoir) :50# "Matilda" (N. Span) :41# "Good Night Sweetheart - Cha Cha" (J. Campbell, R. Noble, R. Connolly, R. Vallee) :41# "What Is This Thing Called Love" (Cole Porter) :42# "Lady Is A Tramp" (R. Rodgers, L. Hart) :24 Side B # "Speak Low" (K. Weill, O. Nash) :51# "I've Got The Right To Sing The Blues" (H. Arlen, T. Koehler) :54# "Mack The Knife" (K. Weill, M. Blitzstein) :20# "Temptation" (A. Freed, Nacio Herb Brown) :42# "The Natives Are Restless Tonight" (E. Light, L. Davies) :43# "Foggy Day Cha Cha" (Geore & Ira Gershwin) :56

References

{{Authority control Enoch Light albums 1960 albums Command Records albums Albums with cover art by Josef Albers