Rickie Lee Jones

1	Chuck E.'s in Love 3:29
2	On Saturday Afternoons in 1963 2:32
3	Night Train 3:15
4	Young Blood 4:04
5	Easy Money 3:24
6	The Last Chance Texaco 4:08
7	Danny's All-Star Joint 4:00
8	Coolsville 3:49
9	Weasel and the White Boys Cool 6:03
10	Company 4:49
11	After Hours (Twelve Bars Past Goodnight) 2:38

Barnes & Noble

Women never played an overly active part in beat culture, but this sassy, scat-singing pianist did her best to make up for that on this swinging debut release in 1987. Jones's shaken-and-slurred delivery helped make "Chuck E.'s in Love" (a song dedicated to L.A. music-scene fixture Chuck E. Weiss) an instant hit and an enduring radio staple. That jazz-tinged barroom epiphany sets the tone for this disc, which ambles leisurely from sunny Angeleno pop to soulful proto-swing (kicked out in admirable fashion on the giddy "Danny's All-Star Joint"). Jones is even more effective, however, when she works with the darker aspects of her palette, painting vivid dreamscapes like "The Last Chance Texaco" and "Coolsville" -- which might be the closest anyone's come to approximating the Beatnik disposition on disc since the originators rode off into the sunset. A finger-poppin' good time. David Sprague

All Music Guide

One of the most impressive debuts for a singer/songwriter ever, this infectious mixture of styles not only features a strong collection of original songs (the hits are "Chuck E's in Love" and "Young Blood, " but "Danny's All-Star Joint" and "Coolsville" are just as good) but also a singer with a savvy, distinctive voice that can be streetwise, childlike, and sophisticated, sometimes all in the same song. William Ruhlmann