Cream City (album)

Cream City
Cream City
Studio album by Aalon
Released	1977
Recorded	1977 at Far Out Studios, Hollywood, California; Sound City, Panorama City, California
Genre	Rock; R&B; disco;
Length	43:12
Label	Arista Records
Producer	Jerry Goldstein
Aalon chronology

Cream City is the debut album by American funk/soul band Aalon. Released in 1977 and produced by Jerry Goldstein, the album reached number 45 on the R&B albums chart in the US. The group disbanded shortly after the album's release. It was reissued on CD by Thump Records in the mid-1990s, and the album has had a cult following ever since.^{[citation needed]}

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

Cream City - (Aalon Butler, Jerry Goldstein) 3:25
Rock and Roll Gangster - (Aalon Butler) 5:25
Midnight Man - (Aalon Butler) 4:41
Summer Love - (Aalon Butler) 5:01
Steven Baine's Electric Train - (Aalon Butler, Jerry Goldstein) 4:04
Lonely Princess - (Aalon Butler) 5:47
Magic Night - (Aalon Butler, Jerry Goldstein) 7:20
Jungle Desire - (Aalon Butler, Juan Luis Cabaza) 7:27

Personnel

Aalon

Aalon Butler — guitars, lead and backing vocals
Luis Cabaza — keyboards
Luther Rabb — bass
Ron Hammond – drums

Additional personnel

Al Roberts — bass
Alvin Taylor – drums
Barbara Benney, Freddy Pool, Paula Bellamy — backing vocals on "Cream City"

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Billboard Top Soul LPs^[3]	45

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions^[4]
Year	Single	US R&B
1977	"Cream City"	44

References

1 2 3 Swenson, John (1979). "Aalon". In Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (eds.). The Rolling Stone Record Guide. New York: Random House. p. 3. The weird mixture of electronic R&B drone music and rock disco used to carry out [Cream City] is attention-grabbing...
↑ Henderson, Alex. Aalon: Cream City > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
↑ "Aalon US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
↑ "Aalon US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

External links

Aalon-Cream City at Discogs

[RSguide1979-1] 1 2 3 Swenson, John (1979). "Aalon". In Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (eds.). The Rolling Stone Record Guide. New York: Random House. p. 3. The weird mixture of electronic R&B drone music and rock disco used to carry out [Cream City] is attention-grabbing...

[2] Henderson, Alex. Aalon: Cream City > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 October 2011.

[allmusic_albums-3] "Aalon US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

[allmusic_singles-4] "Aalon US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

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