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
John Bauldie in Q called the album "a ragbag of old outtakes and otherwise unplaceable new numbers."[1]
Track listing
Side one
Side two
1. |
"Islands" |
instrumental |
3:54 |
2. |
"The Saga of Pepote Rouge" |
Danko |
4:14 |
3. |
"Georgia on My Mind" |
Manuel |
3:09 |
4. |
"Knockin' Lost John" |
Robertson |
3:50 |
5. |
"Livin' in a Dream" |
Helm |
2:52 |
- Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–10 on CD reissues.
Bonus tracks from 2001 CD re-release
Personnel
- The Band
- Additional musicians
- Production
References
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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
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