Nantucket is the debut release by North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

 music group, Nantucket

Nantucket (band)

Nantucket is a hard rock band that formed in Jacksonville, North Carolina in 1969. Originally known as beach music band Stax of Gold and later Nantucket Sleighride , the six-member group—Tommy Redd, Larry Uzzell, Mike Uzzell, Eddie Blair, Kenny Soule, and Mark Downing—became a huge draw in their...

. It includes the hit single "Heartbreaker", which helped this album make the Billboard charts

Billboard charts

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 and sell around 200,000 copies. Other featured songs include "She's No Good", "Born in a Honky Tonk", "Girl, You Blew a Good Thing" and "Quite Like You". Norton Buffalo from the Steve Miller Band

Steve Miller Band

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 has a harp (harmonica) solo on the song "Never Gonna Take Your Lies". Nantucket was released on compact disc

Compact Disc

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 by re-issue label Wounded Bird Records

Wounded Bird Records

Wounded Bird Records is a CD only, re-issue record label, that was founded in 1998 in Guilderland, New York. They re-release lesser known albums from both popular and lesser known artists, including Deborah Harry, Chic, David Blue, Marilyn Martin, Gordon Haskell, Jon Anderson, Adrian Belew, Ellen...

 in 2003.

Track listing

1. Heartbreaker (Redd) – 3:53
2. Never Gonna Take Your Lies (Redd) – 3:49
3. Real Romance (Redd) – 4:08
4. She's No Good (Redd) – 3:27
5. Born in a Honky Tonk (Redd) - 3:21
6. It's Gettin' Harder (Redd) - 3:34
7. Girl, You Blew a Good Thing (Redd) - 3:30
8. Spring Fever (Redd) - 4:45
9. Quite Like You (Redd) - 2:29
10. What's the Matter with Loving You (Redd) - 3:24

Personnel

• Tommy Redd: Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Acoustic Guitar, Lead & Background Vocals
• Larry Uzzell: Lead & Background Vocals, Bass Guitar, Trumpet, Harp, Congas, Percussion
• Mike Uzzell: Moog Bass, Various Keyboards, Lead & Background Vocals
• Eddie Blair: Saxophones, Keyboards, Percussion, Background Vocals
• Kenny Soule: Drums & Percussion
• Mark Downing: Lead, Slide & Acoustic Guitars

External links

• [ Nantucket on Allmusic]
• Unofficial Nantucket Fansite