Islands (The Band album)

Infobox Album
Name = Islands
Type = studio
Artist = The Band


Released = March 15, 1977
Recorded = December 1972 – January 1977
Genre = Rock
Length = 35:15
Label = Capitol
Producer = The Band
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hv831vyjzzba link]
*Review-Christgau|C+|name=The+Band
*"Rolling Stone" [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theband/albums/album/204350/review/5941678/islands link]
Last album = "The Best of The Band"
(1976)
This album = "Islands"
(1977)
Next album = "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. Anchored by their 1976 cover of "Georgia on My Mind", recorded to aid Jimmy Carter in his bid for the White House [Citation |last=Morris|first=Chris|title=Liner Notes to Islands CD release] , 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.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Robbie Robertson; except where indicated

#"Right as Rain" – 3:52
#"Street Walker" (Rick Danko, Robertson) – 3:16
#"Let the Night Fall" – 3:11
#"Ain't That a Lot of Love" (Banks, Parker) – 3:09
#"Christmas Must Be Tonight" – 3:38
#"Islands" (Danko, Garth Hudson, Robertson) – 3:54
#"The Saga of Pepote Rouge" – 4:14
#"Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 3:09
#"Knockin' Lost John" – 3:50
#"Livin' in a Dream" – 2:52

Personnel

*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

References