Scenes from the Southside

Scenes from the Southside
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 3, 1988
Recorded1987–1988
Studio
GenreRock, soft rock
Length48:30
LabelRCA
ProducerNeil Dorfsman, Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Hornsby chronology
The Way It Is
(1986)
Scenes from the Southside
(1988)
A Night on the Town
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauC[2]

Scenes from the Southside is the second album by Bruce Hornsby and the Range. The single "The Valley Road" was Hornsby's third (and last) Top 10 U.S. hit, peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, and also his first number one on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. It became his third chart-topper on the Billboard adult contemporary chart, following "The Way It Is" and "Mandolin Rain". Three other notable tracks on the record were the single "Look Out Any Window"; "The Show Goes On", which was featured in Ron Howard's 1991 film Backdraft, as well as the pilot episode of Baywatch; and "Jacob's Ladder", which was written by Bruce and John Hornsby but is most well known as being a number-one hit for Huey Lewis and the News in March 1987. In addition, in 2023, "The Show Goes On," was used in the premier of "the Bear: Part 2."

  1. ^ Iyengar, Vik. Bruce Hornsby & the Range: Scenes from the Southside > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  2. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 2000". robertchristgau.com.