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 | |
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| The Band chronology | ||
| Northern Lights - Southern Cross (1975) |
Islands (1977) |
The Last Waltz (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 Brothers Records.
[edit] Track listing
- "Right As Rain" (Robertson; – 3:52)
- "Street Walker" (Danko and Robertson; – 3:16)
- "Let The Night Fall" (Robertson; – 3:11)
- "Ain't That A Lot Of Love" (Banks and Parker; – 3:09)
- "Christmas Must Be Tonight" (Robertson; – 3:38)
- "Islands" (Danko, Hudson and Robertson; – 3:54)
- "The Saga of Pepote Rouge" (Robertson; – 4:14)
- "Georgia On My Mind" (Carmichael and Gorrell; – 3:09)
- "Knockin' Lost John" (Robertson; – 3:50)
- "Livin' In A Dream" (Robertson; – 2:52)
[edit] Group members and other participants
- 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
