title: Provocative Percussion
text: # Provocative Percussion
  
  Provocative Percussion is a studio album by Enoch Light and The Light Brigade, also known as the Command All-Stars. It was released in 1959 on Command Records (catalog no. RS 806-SD). The album cover artwork is by abstract painter Josef Albers, like its predecessor.
  
  Provocative Percussion debuted on the Billboard magazine pop album chart on January 25, 1960, held the No. 2 spot for five weeks, and remained on the chart for 69 weeks.
  
  AllMusic gave the album a rating of five stars. Reviewer Lindsay Planer called it "a highly recommended kitsch-classic."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  ### Side A
  
  * "You're the Top" (Cole Porter) [2:34]
  * "Somebody Loves Me" (Gershwin, DeSylva, MacDonald) [2:42]
  * "Blues in the Night" (Arlen, Mercer) [4:12]
  * "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" (Farres) [2:35]
  * "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) [2:50]
  * "Fascinating Rhythm" (Gershwin) [2:35]
  
  ### Side B
  
  * "S'Wonderful" (Gershwin) [2:18]
  * "Mood Indigo" (Ellington, Mills, Bigard) [2:51]
  * "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Razaf, Brook, Waller) [3:19]
  * "The Man I Love" (Gershwin) [2:35]
  * "Song of India" (N. Rimsky-Korsakoff) [3:12]
  * "Mad About the Boy" (Coward) [2:48]
  
  ## Credits
  
  * Bobby Byrne
  * Charles Magnante
  * Bob Haggart
  * Tony Mottola
  * Willie Rodriguez
  * Moe Wechsler
  * Urbie Green
  * Terry Snyder
  * Pee Wee Erwin
  * Artie Marotti
  * Dominic Cortese
  * Ezelle Watson
  * Russ Banzer
  * Stanley Webb
  * Milt Yaner
  * Leonard Calderon
  * George Dessinger
  * Bernie Kaufman
  