Alicia Bridges is the eponymous debut album from disco singer-songwriter

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 Alicia Bridges, released in 1978

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 on Polydor Records. The album featured the smash hit single

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, "I Love the Nightlife (Disco Round)", which, when released as a 12" single (as remixed

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 by producer Jim Burgess

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, reached a peak of number 5 on the Billboard, Cash Box & Record World charts in 1978 (quickly becoming an RIAA-certified gold record for sales of over one million copies; it would now be seen as a platinum record).

Bridges released a second single shortly thereafter; the rock

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-inflected "Body Heat", which had the same strong backbeat as her big hit, but also featured more prominent rhythm guitar

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. The song became a minor hit, but it was the success of the first single that drove the album, which climbed the charts quickly and remained there for a total of 35 weeks. Bridges would be nominated for a Grammy and performed the hit single as an opening act.

Track listing

• All Songs Written By Alicia Bridges & Susan Hutcheson, except where noted.

1. "Body Heat" – 3:02
2. "Break Away" – 3:27
3. "High Altitudes" – 5:01
4. "We Are One" – 4:20
5. "City Rhythm" – 3:38
6. "I Love the Nightlife (Disco Round)" – 5:37
7. "In the Name of Love" (Bridges) – 4:07
8. "Self Applause" – 3:22
9. "Diamond in the Rough" – 3:28
10. "Broken Woman" (Bridges) – 4:20

Personnel

• Alicia Bridges: Lead & Backing Vocal
• Bernardine Mitchell, Keith "Doc" Samuels, Vinni O'Neal: Backing Vocals
• Steve Buckingham, Ken Bell: Guitars
• John Fristoe: Guitars, Backing Vocal
• Randy McCormick: Organ
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  , Piano
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  , Synthesizer
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  s, Clavinet
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  , Melodica
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• Alan Feingold, Steve McRay: Organ
• Tom Robb: Bass
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• Roy Yeager: Drums
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• Mickey Buckins: Percussion
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Production

• Produced by Seve Buckingham for The Lowery Group
• Engineered by Milan Bogdan, Pete Turbiville, Rodney Mills & Tad Bush
• Mix & re-mixed By Rodney Mills
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig