The Innocent Age

Infobox Album | Name = The Innocent Age
Type = Album
Artist = Dan Fogelberg


Released = August 1981
Recorded =
Genre = Soft rock
Length = 39:26 (LP 1)/40:35 (LP 2)
Label = Full Moon/Epic
Producer = Dan Fogelberg, Marty Lewis
Reviews =
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:98q6g4attv3z~T1 Allmusic.com] Rating|4.5|5| Last album = "Phoenix"
(1980)
This album = "The Innocent Age"
(1981)
Next album = "Greatest Hits"
(1982)

"The Innocent Age" is the seventh album by American singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). It was also one of his most successful albums; three of his four Top 10 singles on the "Billboard" pop chart ("Hard to Say" (#7), "Same Old Lang Syne" (#9), and "Leader of the Band" (#9)) were from this album, as well as another Top 20 single in "Run for the Roses" (#18). All four also reached the Top 10 on the "Billboard" adult contemporary chart, with "Leader of the Band" reaching Number 1 on that chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Dan Fogelberg, except where noted.

Disc One:
#"Nexus" – 6:04
#"The Innocent Age" – 4:15
#"The Sand and the Foam" – 4:19
#"In the Passage" – 6:28
#"Lost in the Sun" – 3:53
#"Run for the Roses" – 4:18
#"Leader of the Band" (concludes with an excerpt from "The Washington Post" march arranged by Laurence Fogelberg, performed by the UCLA Band) – 4:48
#"Same Old Lang Syne" – 5:21

Disc Two:
#"Stolen Moments" – 3:12
#"The Lion's Share" – 5:10
#"Only the Heart May Know" – 4:09
#"The Reach" – 6:30
#"Aireshire Lament" – 0:52
#"Times Like These" – 3:02
#"Hard to Say" – 4:00
#"Empty Cages" (Fogelberg, Russ Kunkel, Norbert Putnam, Mike Utley) – 6:24
#"Ghosts" – 7:16

Personnel

*Dan Fogelberg - guitar, keyboard, vocals
*Don Alias - percussion
*Michael Brecker - saxophone
*Michael Brewer - vocals
*David Duke - horn
*Jesse Erlich - cello
*Jimmie Fadden - harmonica
*Mike Finnigan - organ
*Glenn Frey - vocals
*Richie Furay - vocals
*Emmylou Harris - vocals
*Heart of Darkness - choir, chorus
*Don Henley - vocals
*Jerry Hey - horn
*Chris Hillman - vocals
*Russ Kunkel - drums
*Joe Lala - percussion
*Gayle LaVant - harp
*Marty Lewis - percussion
*Joni Mitchell - vocals
*Kenny Passarelli - bass
*Al Perkins - steel guitar
*Norbert Putnam - bass
*Tom Scott - saxophone
*Sid Sharp - concert master
*Mike Utley - keyboard
*UCLA Band - Marching band

Production

*Producers: Dan Fogelberg, Marty Lewis
*Engineer: Marty Lewis

Charts