Islands (The Band album)
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| Studio album by The Band | ||
| Released | March 15, 1977 | |
| Recorded | December 1972-January 1977 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 35:15 | |
| Label | Capitol | |
| Producer(s) | The Band | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| The Band chronology | ||
| The Best of The Band (1976) |
Islands (1977) |
Anthology (1978) |
Islands is the eighth album by Canadian-American rockers The Band, and the final studio album by the original members. It received mixed reviews, and is generally regarded as one of their weaker releases. Anchored by their 1976 cover of "Georgia on My Mind", recorded to aid Jimmy Carter in his bid for the White House, and surrounded by tracks dating to 1972, it was simply finished to get the group off of Capitol Records, so that the soundtrack to their film The Last Waltz could come out on Warner Bros. Records.
[edit] Track listing
- "Right as Rain" (Robertson) – 3:52
- "Street Walker" (Danko/Robertson) – 3:16
- "Let the Night Fall" (Robertson) – 3:11
- "Ain't That a Lot of Love" (Banks/Parker) – 3:09
- "Christmas Must Be Tonight" (Robertson) – 3:38
- "Islands" (Danko/Hudson/Robertson) – 3:54
- "The Saga of Pepote Rouge" (Robertson) – 4:14
- "Georgia on My Mind" (Carmichael/Gorrell) – 3:09
- "Knockin' Lost John" (Robertson) – 3:50
- "Livin' in a Dream" (Robertson) – 2:52
[edit] Credits
- Rick Danko – bass, vocals
- Levon Helm – drums, vocals
- Garth Hudson – organ, synthesizer, accordion, piccolo, tenor, alto and baritone saxophones
- Richard Manuel – acoustic and electric pianos, vocals
- Robbie Robertson – guitars, vocals
- James Gordon – flute on "Islands"
- Tom Malone – trombone on "Islands"
- John Simon – alto saxophone on "Islands"
- Larry Packer – violin on "Islands"
- Ed Anderson – engineer
- Neil Brody – engineer
- Rob Fraboni – engineer
- Nat Jeffrey – engineer
