Sails (Chet Atkins album)

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Sails
Studio album by Chet Atkins
Released	1987
Genre	Country, jazz
Length	45:03
Label	Columbia
Producer	Chet Atkins, David Hungate
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Chet Atkins chronology
Street Dreams (1986) Sails (1987) C.G.P. (1988)

Sails is an album by Chet Atkins. It was released in 1987 by Columbia Records. Sails follows in the 80's vein of Chet Atkins' releases with a smooth jazz and new age atmosphere.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Sails" (Hall) – 4:20
2. "Why Worry" (Knopfler) – 6:23
3. "Sometime, Someplace" (Hungate, McCormick) – 4:59
4. "Up in My Treehouse" (Walker) – 3:52
5. "Waltz for the Lonely" (Atkins, Goodrum) – 3:01
6. "Laffin' at Life" (Atkins, Dybka, Hungate) – 5:30
7. "On a Roll" (Atkins, Dybka, Yandell) – 5:21
8. "My Song" (Jarrett) – 5:08
9. "Love Letters" (Dybka) – 3:09
10. "Wobegon (The Way It Used to Be)" (Atkins) – 3:20

[edit] Personnel

• Chet Atkins - guitar, banjo
• Darryl Dybka - keyboards
• David Hungate - bass
• Earl Klugh - guitar
• Mark Knopfler - guitar
• Mike Lawler - keyboards
• Clayton Ivey - keyboards
• Randy McCormick - keyboards
• Billy Joe Walker - guitar
• Terry McMillan - harmonica, percussion
• Paul Yandell - guitar
• Millard Green - guitar
• Larrie Londin - drums, percussion
• Mark Hammond - percussion, drum programming
• Bob Mater - drums
• Jim Horn - horns
• Mike Haynes - horns
• Baba Ram Dave - sitar
• Aristotle Onassid - bazoki
• Dave Humpries - drum programming

[edit] Production notes

• Strings arranged by Bergen White
• Horns arranged by Bergen White and Darryl Dybka
• Mixed by Dave Palmer and John Mills
• Engineered by John Mills and Tom Singers
• Mastered by Denny Purcell
• Design by Bill Johnson and Jeff Morris