1977 studio album by the Band
Islands Released March 15, 1977 (1977-03-15 ) Recorded December 1972 – January 1977 Studio Shangri-la Studios; Village Recorders, Los Angeles, California Genre Rock Length 35 :15 Label Capitol Producer The Band
Islands is the seventh studio album by the Canadian-American rock group the Band . Released in 1977 to mixed reviews, it is the final studio album from the group's original lineup.[1]
Primarily composed of previously unreleased songs from the Band's career (including their 1976 cover of "Georgia on My Mind ", which was recorded to aid Jimmy Carter in his presidential bid),[2] Islands was released to fulfill the group's contract with Capitol Records , so that the soundtrack to their film The Last Waltz could be released on Warner Bros. Records .[1] In the CD liner notes , Robbie Robertson compares the album to the Who 's Odds & Sods .
Critical reception [ edit ] John Bauldie in Q called the album "a ragbag of old outtakes and otherwise unplaceable new numbers."[1]
Track listing [ edit ] Side one [ edit ] Side two [ edit ] Title Writer(s) Lead vocals 1. "Islands" instrumental 3:54 2. "The Saga of Pepote Rouge" Robertson Danko 4:14 3. "Georgia on My Mind " Manuel 3:09 4. "Knockin' Lost John" Robertson Robertson 3:50 5. "Livin' in a Dream" Robertson Helm 2:52
Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–10 on CD reissues. Bonus tracks from 2001 CD re-release [ edit ] Personnel [ edit ] The Band Additional musicians Production References [ edit ] ^ a b c d Bauldie, John (March 5, 1991). "Review of Islands re-issue". Q . Vol. 84. p. 10. ^ Morris, Chris, Liner Notes to Islands CD release ^ Islands at AllMusic ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B" . Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields . ISBN 0-89919-026-X . Retrieved February 21, 2019 . ^ Graff, Gary ; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide . Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 72 . ISBN 1-57859-061-2 . ^ Brackett, Nathan ; Hoard, Christian , eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York, NY: Fireside. p. 42. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8 .
Studio albums
Live albums Compilations Films Singles Other songs Related Discography Bob Dylan Bob Dylan World Tour 1966 Bob Dylan and the Band 1974 Tour Cate Brothers Ronnie Hawkins The Weight Band Big Pink Shangri-La List of Basement Tapes songs List of Basement Tapes songs (1975) So Many Roads (1965, Helm, Hudson, Robertson) The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album (1975, Helm, Hudson) No Reason to Cry (1976, Danko, Helm, Hudson, Manuel, Robertson) Let It Rock (1995, Bell, Ciarlante, Danko, Helm, Hudson, Weider) Carry Me Home (2022, Helm, Weider) Endless Highway: The Music of the Band The Complete Last Waltz This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of the Band