DON DIXON
''MOST OF THE GIRLS LIKE TO DANCE BUT ONLY SOME OF THE BOYS LIKE TO''
1985
50:50
1 /Praying Mantis
Don Dixon / Phyllis Glasgow Dixon/4:04
2 /(You're A) Big Girl Now/3:04
3 /Skin Deep
N. Lowe / Nick Lowe/2:51
4 /Eyes On Fire/3:18
5 /Girls L.T.D.
Don Dixon/2:54
6 /Swallowing Pride
Don Dixon/3:01
7 /Just Rites
Don Dixon/4:36
8 /Wake Up
John Densmore / Woody Guthrie / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison/1:57
9 /Talk to Me
Ace Frehley / Patsy Montana / Joe Seneca/2:54
10 /Pocket/3:12
11 /Ice on the River/3:16
12 /Renaissance Eyes
Don Dixon/3:22
13 /Fighting For My Life
Michael Bolton/2:25
14 /Southside Girl
Don Dixon/2:56
15 /Andy
Frank Zappa/3:21
16 /When A Man Loves A Woman/4:15
Rod Abernethy /Guitar
Sonny Burnett /Saxophone
Scott Davison /Drums
Don Dixon /Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Vocals
Mitch Easter /Guest Artist, Guitar
Jamie Hoover /Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Robert Kirkland /Guitar, Vocals
Treva Spontaine /Vocals
Mary Stout /Keyboards
REVIEW
by William Ruhlmann
Dixon put together Most of the Girls Like to Dance but Only Some of the Boys Do out of demos cut from 1981-1984. It's a kind of best-of from a man with a pure pop sensibility and a wicked sense of humor when it comes to matters romantic. (The 1986 CD version adds two songs to make a total of 16.)
BIOGRAPHY
By Jason Ankeny
Best known among the key producers to emerge from the American underground's jangle pop movement of the early '80s, Don Dixon also enjoyed a cult following as a solo performer. A native of North Carolina, he dwelled in relative obscurity for well over a decade as a member of the little-known Arrogance before attracting his first significant notice around 1983 after co-producing with Mitch Easter R.E.M.'s landmark debut LP, Murmur. Subsequent work on Chris Stamey's It's a Wonderful Life, the Windbreakers' Terminal, and Tommy Keene's Run Now solidified his reputation among jangle pop aficionados, and in 1985 Dixon recorded his solo debut, Most of the Girls Like to Dance But Only Some of the Boys Do, a further affirmation of his love of classic pop melodies and spiky, Nick Lowe-inspired wordplay. After producing wife Marti Jones' Unsophisticated Time, he released his second solo effort, Romeo at Juilliard, in 1987 and the live Chi-Town Budget Show a year later. After 1989's EEE, Dixon's recording career went into mothballs for several years and he returned to producing, helming efforts for the Smithereens, Richard Barone, and James McMurtry before finally releasing Romantic Depressive in 1995. Another lengthy hiatus preceded the early 2000 release of The Invisible Man and its 2001 follow-up, Note Pad #38. Entire Combustible World in One Small Room followed in summer 2006.
''MOST OF THE GIRLS LIKE TO DANCE BUT ONLY SOME OF THE BOYS LIKE TO''
1985
50:50
1 /Praying Mantis
Don Dixon / Phyllis Glasgow Dixon/4:04
2 /(You're A) Big Girl Now/3:04
3 /Skin Deep
N. Lowe / Nick Lowe/2:51
4 /Eyes On Fire/3:18
5 /Girls L.T.D.
Don Dixon/2:54
6 /Swallowing Pride
Don Dixon/3:01
7 /Just Rites
Don Dixon/4:36
8 /Wake Up
John Densmore / Woody Guthrie / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison/1:57
9 /Talk to Me
Ace Frehley / Patsy Montana / Joe Seneca/2:54
10 /Pocket/3:12
11 /Ice on the River/3:16
12 /Renaissance Eyes
Don Dixon/3:22
13 /Fighting For My Life
Michael Bolton/2:25
14 /Southside Girl
Don Dixon/2:56
15 /Andy
Frank Zappa/3:21
16 /When A Man Loves A Woman/4:15
Rod Abernethy /Guitar
Sonny Burnett /Saxophone
Scott Davison /Drums
Don Dixon /Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Vocals
Mitch Easter /Guest Artist, Guitar
Jamie Hoover /Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Robert Kirkland /Guitar, Vocals
Treva Spontaine /Vocals
Mary Stout /Keyboards
REVIEW
by William Ruhlmann
Dixon put together Most of the Girls Like to Dance but Only Some of the Boys Do out of demos cut from 1981-1984. It's a kind of best-of from a man with a pure pop sensibility and a wicked sense of humor when it comes to matters romantic. (The 1986 CD version adds two songs to make a total of 16.)
BIOGRAPHY
By Jason Ankeny
Best known among the key producers to emerge from the American underground's jangle pop movement of the early '80s, Don Dixon also enjoyed a cult following as a solo performer. A native of North Carolina, he dwelled in relative obscurity for well over a decade as a member of the little-known Arrogance before attracting his first significant notice around 1983 after co-producing with Mitch Easter R.E.M.'s landmark debut LP, Murmur. Subsequent work on Chris Stamey's It's a Wonderful Life, the Windbreakers' Terminal, and Tommy Keene's Run Now solidified his reputation among jangle pop aficionados, and in 1985 Dixon recorded his solo debut, Most of the Girls Like to Dance But Only Some of the Boys Do, a further affirmation of his love of classic pop melodies and spiky, Nick Lowe-inspired wordplay. After producing wife Marti Jones' Unsophisticated Time, he released his second solo effort, Romeo at Juilliard, in 1987 and the live Chi-Town Budget Show a year later. After 1989's EEE, Dixon's recording career went into mothballs for several years and he returned to producing, helming efforts for the Smithereens, Richard Barone, and James McMurtry before finally releasing Romantic Depressive in 1995. Another lengthy hiatus preceded the early 2000 release of The Invisible Man and its 2001 follow-up, Note Pad #38. Entire Combustible World in One Small Room followed in summer 2006.
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