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Lines (album)

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Released
  
October 1976

Label
  
GTO

Length
  
36:21

Recorded
  
Air London Studios, 1976

Genre
  
Pop music, rock, country

Producer
  
Scott Walker, Geoff Calver

Lines is the fifth studio album by the American pop group The Walker Brothers. The album was released in 1976 and was the second since reforming in 1975. The album failed to chart and includes the singles "Lines" and "We're All Alone", neither of which met with much success.

Contents

The album was stylistically similar to their 1975 comeback No Regrets, matching the general musical styles of Country and Pop music and marrying them to romantic orchestral arrangements. Aside from "First Day" which is actually the work of John Maus, writing under the pseudonym A. Dayam, the album is compiled of non-original compositions. Scott Walker however would not contribute new songs until the group's following album Nite Flights in 1978.

Reception

Lines received mixed reviews from the majority of critics.

Personnel

  • Bones (Brigette du Doit, Janice Slater, Joy Yates, Suzanne Lynch), The Charles Young Choral - backing vocals
  • Alan Jones - electric bass
  • Steve Gray - string arrangements, conductor
  • Barry Morgan, Brian Bennett, Simon Phillips - drums
  • Alan Parker - acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, high-strung guitar, slide guitar
  • Paul Keogh - acoustic guitar
  • The David Katz Orchestra - orchestra
  • Gary Walker, Tristan Fry - percussion
  • John Mealing, Steve Gray - acoustic piano
  • Dave MacRae - electric piano
  • Alan Skidmore, Dave Wilus, Jeff Daly - saxophone
  • Roger Churchyard - "blue grass" violin
  • John Walker, Scott Walker - acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Geoff Crook - cover illustration
  • References

    Lines (album) Wikipedia