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| This Time It's for Real | ||||
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| Released | April 1977 | |||
| Recorded | November 1976 – February 1977 | |||
| Studio | Columbia Recording Studio, New York, NY[1] | |||
| Genre | R&B,Rock,Soul | |||
| Length | 43:00 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Sugar MiamiSteven Van Zandt[1] | |||
| Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes chronology | ||||
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| Singles from This Time It's for Real | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [3] |
This Time It's for Real is the second album by New Jersey bandSouthside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, featuring three compositions byBruce Springsteen andSteven Van Zandt, as well as an additional five by the latter. Like their first album,I Don't Want To Go Home, there are a number of guest artists and duets, a trend that would be dropped for their next album,Hearts of Stone. "Check Mr. Popeye" features Kenny "Popeye" Pentifallo on vocals withThe Coasters on background vocals. The track "First Night" featuresthe Satins on background vocals andSteven Van Zandt on duet vocals. "Little Girl So Fine" features background vocals bythe Drifters.[4][5]
According to Van Zandt, the two new Springsteen/Van Zandt compositions ("Love on the Wrong Side of Town" and "Little Girl So Fine") were written, at least in part, during recording sessions at Columbia Recording Studio in December 1976. Versions of both songs with unfinished lyrics appear on Van Zandt's compilation albumThe Early Work, recorded in 1976-77.[6] A third composition, "When You Dance", was written by the pair when they were both members of the Bruce Springsteen Band in 1971.[7]
The front cover photograph of the band was taken at Minetta Street,Greenwich Village, New York City.[8]
