Provocative Percussion
# Provocative Percussion

Provocative Percussion is a studio album by Enoch Light and The Light Brigade, also known as the Command All-Stars. It was released in 1959 on Command Records (catalog no. RS 806-SD). The album cover artwork is by abstract painter Josef Albers, like its predecessor.

Provocative Percussion debuted on the Billboard magazine pop album chart on January 25, 1960, held the No. 2 spot for five weeks, and remained on the chart for 69 weeks.

AllMusic gave the album a rating of five stars. Reviewer Lindsay Planer called it "a highly recommended kitsch-classic."

## Track listing

### Side A

* "You're the Top" (Cole Porter) [2:34]
* "Somebody Loves Me" (Gershwin, DeSylva, MacDonald) [2:42]
* "Blues in the Night" (Arlen, Mercer) [4:12]
* "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" (Farres) [2:35]
* "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) [2:50]
* "Fascinating Rhythm" (Gershwin) [2:35]

### Side B

* "S'Wonderful" (Gershwin) [2:18]
* "Mood Indigo" (Ellington, Mills, Bigard) [2:51]
* "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Razaf, Brook, Waller) [3:19]
* "The Man I Love" (Gershwin) [2:35]
* "Song of India" (N. Rimsky-Korsakoff) [3:12]
* "Mad About the Boy" (Coward) [2:48]

## Credits

* Bobby Byrne
* Charles Magnante
* Bob Haggart
* Tony Mottola
* Willie Rodriguez
* Moe Wechsler
* Urbie Green
* Terry Snyder
* Pee Wee Erwin
* Artie Marotti
* Dominic Cortese
* Ezelle Watson
* Russ Banzer
* Stanley Webb
* Milt Yaner
* Leonard Calderon
* George Dessinger
* Bernie Kaufman
