Slaughter on 10th Avenue (Mick Ronson album)

Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Studio album by Mick Ronson
Released	February 1974
Genre	Rock, glam rock
Label	RCA
Producer	Mick Ronson
Mick Ronson chronology
– Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1974) Play Don't Worry (1975)

Slaughter on 10th Avenue is the debut album by Mick Ronson, released in 1974.

Track listing

Side One

1. "Love Me Tender" (Ken Darby)
2. "Growing Up and I'm Fine" (David Bowie)
3. "Only After Dark" (Mick Ronson, Scott Richardson)
4. "Music Is Lethal" (David Bowie, Lucio Battisti)

Side Two

1. "I'm the One" (Annette Peacock)
2. "Pleasure Man/Hey Ma Get Papa" (Mick Ronson, Scott Richardson, David Bowie)
3. "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" (Richard Rodgers)

Bonus Tracks

1. "Solo on 10th Avenue" (Richard Rodgers) [Live]
2. "Leave My Heart Alone" (Craig Fuller) [Original B-Side – Live]
3. "Love Me Tender" [Live]
4. "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" [Live]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Mojo	[2]

• "Ronno's best-selling solo set of '74 has exclusive Bowie songs, a cracking band and engaging ideas. But the mixes are odd, some tracks don't lift-off and his vocals lack a distinctive persona." – Jim Irvin, Mojo magazine^[2]

Personnel

• Mick Ronson – guitar, piano, vocals, arrangement, conductor
• Trevor Bolder – bass, trumpet, trombone
• Aynsley Dunbar – drums, percussion
• Mike Garson – piano, electric piano, organ
• David Hentschel – ARP on "Hey Ma Get Papa"
• Margaret Ronson – backing vocals
• Dennis MacKay – engineer, backing vocals
• Sidney Sax – strings
• Leee Black Childers - cover

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Jim Irvin Mojo, January 2010, Issue 194.