Islands (The Band album)

Islands
Studio album by The Band
Released	March 15, 1977
Recorded	December 1972 – January 1977
Genre	Rock
Length	35:15
Label	Capitol
Producer	The Band
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (C+) link Rolling Stone link
The Band chronology
The Best of The Band (1976) Islands (1977) 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, 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^[1], 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

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