Alive on Arrival
# Alive on Arrival

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |

Alive on Arrival is the first album by the American singer-songwriter Steve Forbert, released in 1978.

## Track listing

All songs written by Steve Forbert

* "Goin' Down to Laurel" – 4:39
* "Steve Forbert's Midsummer Night's Toast" – 2:49
* "Thinkin'" – 3:25
* "What Kinda Guy?" – 2:34
* "It Isn't Gonna Be That Way" – 4:55
* "Big City Cat" – 3:50
* "Grand Central Station, March 18, 1977" – 4:13
* "Tonight I Feel So Far Away from Home" – 3:14
* "Settle Down" – 3:46
* "You Cannot Win If You Do Not Play" – 4:33

## Personnel

* Steve Forbert – guitar, harmonica, vocals
* David Sanborn – alto saxophone on "Big City Cat"
* Brian Torff – acoustic bass on "Tonight I Feel So Far from Home"
* Steve Burgh – lead guitar
* Dennis Good – trombone
* Robbie Kondor – organ, piano
* Barry Lazarowitz – drums, tambourine
* Hugh McDonald – bass; electric guitar on "What Kinda Guy?"
* Harvey Shapiro – pedal steel

### Technical

* Glenn Berger, Charles Clifton - engineer
* Danny Fields - front cover photography
