Subway Serenade

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{{Infobox album

| name = Subway Serenade

| type = studio

| artist = Looking Glass

| cover = SubwaySerenade.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date text|June 1973}}

| recorded = Regent Sound Studios, New York City, New York
Atlantic Studios

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop

| length = 34:39

| label = Epic

| producer = Arif Mardin

| prev_title = Looking Glass

| prev_year = 1972

| next_title = Highway to Hollywood

| next_year = 1974

| misc = {{Singles

| name =
Subway Serenade

| type = studio

| single1 = Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne

| single1date = July 1973

| single2 = Sweet Somethin'

| single2date = January 1974

}}

}}

Subway Serenade was the second and final album released by the band Looking Glass. It contained their second charting single, "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne". Following the departure of vocalist Elliot Lurie to pursue a solo career, the band would release one final single called "Highway to Hollywood" (written by keyboardist Larry Gonsky)https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=Looking%20Glass&title=Highway%20To%20Hollywood under the slightly altered name of "Lookinglass" in 1974 before drastically reforming their lineup and style into the heavy metal/power pop group Starz.

Track listing

{{track listing

| headline = Side one

| extra_column = Lead Vocals

| title1 = Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne

| writer1 = Elliot Lurie

| length1 = 3:37

| extra1 = Lurie

| title2 = City Lady

| writer2 = Lurie

| length2 = 3:22

| extra2 = Lurie

| title3 = For Skipper

| writer3 = Pieter Sweval

| length3 = 3:16

| extra3 = Sweval

| title4 = Sweet Somethin'

| writer4 = Lurie

| length4 = 2:48

| extra4 = Lurie

| title5 = Who's Gonna Sing My Rock 'N' Roll Song

| writer5 = Larry Gonsky, Nancy Nalence

| length5 = 3:49

| extra5 = Sweval

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Side two

| extra_column = Lead Vocals

| title6 = Are You Dreamin' (Money In My Pockets)

| writer6 = Lurie, Gonsky

| length6 = 2:58

| extra6 = Lurie

| title7 = Rainbow Man

| writer7 = Sweval

| length7 = 3:40

| extra7 = Sweval

| title8 = Wait

| writer8 = Lurie

| length8 = 2:51

| extra8 = Lurie

| title9 = Sweet Jeremiah

| writer9 = Sweval

| length9 = 3:17

| extra9 = Sweval

| title10 = Wooly Eyes

| writer10 = Gonksy, Nalence

| length10 = 4:35

| extra10 = Sweval

}}

Personnel

;Looking Glass

  • Elliot Lurie - Guitars, lead vocals
  • Pieter "Piet" Sweval - Bass, lead vocals, harp
  • Larry Gonsky - Keyboards, vocals
  • Jeff Grob (credited as Joe Dube) - drums and percussion, traps

;Additional personnel

  • Maxine Dixon - Additional background vocals
  • Nancy Nalence - Additional background vocals
  • Nancy Farrell - Additional background vocals
  • Steve von Schreiber - Additional background vocals
  • Ralph MacDonald - Conga and percussion on "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" and "City Lady"
  • Seldon Powell - Saxophone on "Sweet Jeremiah"
  • Arif Mardin - Horns and strings arrangements
  • Peggy Byrnes - Special Thanks
  • Don Ellis - Special Thanks
  • James Greene - Engineer
  • Bill Scruggs - Engineer
  • Ken Robertson - Engineer
  • Lew Hahn - Audio
  • Gene Paul - Audio
  • Chappell & Co. - Sole selling agent

All songs published by Spruce Run/EvieMusic Co. ASCAP

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