The Lines Are Open

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The Lines are Open
The Lines are Open cover
Studio album by The Arrows
Released 1985
Recorded Sounds Interchange, Toronto, ON &
Grant Avenue Studios, Hamilton, ON
Genre Pop/Rock
Label A&M Records
Producer David Tyson
Professional reviews
The Arrows chronology
Stand Back
(1984)		 The Lines are Open
(1985)		 Talk Talk: The Best of The Arrows
(1995)

The Lines are Open is the second and final album by The Arrows released in 1985. Producer David Tyson was again nominated for the Juno Award for "Producer of the Year", for his work on this album.

The album title is a line from the last song titled "Hampton Avenue". Overall, the album has a more serious tone than the previous one and musically it features a number of tracks with a horn section. This would be the last album from The Arrows - lead vocalist and songwriter Dean McTaggart would go on to write hit songs for other artists including Amanda Marshall.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Heart of the City"
  2. "Talk Talk"
  3. "Bad Reputation"
  4. "Tell It to My Heart"
  5. "Wild One"
  6. "I Told You So"
  7. "Chains"
  8. "I Can't Let Go"
  9. "Hampton Avenue"

[edit] Singles

The following Canadian singles were released from the album:

  • "Talk Talk"
  • "Heart of the City"
  • "Chains"

[edit] Album credits

[edit] Personnel

  • Dean McTaggart - vocals, background vocals
  • Doug Macaskill - guitars
  • Rob Gusevs - keyboards
  • Earl Seymour - saxophones, steiner woodwind synthesizer
  • Bobby Economou - drums
  • Glenn Olive - bass guitar
  • Rick Waychenko - trumpet
  • Steve McDade - trumpet
  • Vernon Dorge - alto saxophone
  • Memo Acevedo - percussion
  • Gerald O'Brien - emulator programming
  • Sharon Lee Williams - background vocals
  • Charity Brown - background vocals
  • John Rutledge - background vocals
  • David Blamires - background vocals
  • David Tyson - background vocals

[edit] Production

  • David Tyson - producer, arrangement
  • The Arrows - arrangement