Lines (album)

Lines
Studio album by The Walker Brothers
Released	October 1976
Recorded	Air London Studios, 1976[1]
Genre	Pop music, rock, country
Length	36:21
Label	GTO
Producer	Scott Walker and Geoff Calver
The Walker Brothers chronology
No Regrets (1975) Lines (1976) Nite Flights (1978)
Singles from Lines
"Lines" b/w "First Day" Released: 24 September 1976 "We're All Alone" b/w "Have You Seen My Baby" Released: 3 December 1976

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.

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Lines received mixed reviews from the majority of critics.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lines"	Jerry Fuller	3:26
2.	"Taking It All In Stride"	Tom Snow	4:33
3.	"Inside of You"	Tom Jans	3:35
4.	"Have You Seen My Baby"	Randy Newman	3:31
5.	"We're All Alone"	Boz Scaggs	4:35

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Many Rivers to Cross"	Jimmy Cliff	4:38
7.	"First Day"	A. Dayam	2:22
8.	"Brand New Tennessee Waltz"	Jesse Winchester	3:11
9.	"Hard To Be Friends"	Larry Murray	3:27
10.	"Dreaming As One"	David Palmer, William Smith	3:03

Personnel

• Backing Vocals - Bones, The Charles Young Choral
• Electric Bass - Alan Jones
• Conductor - Steve Grey
• Drums - Barry Morgan, Brian Bennett, Simon Phillips
• Acoustic, Electric, Mandolin, High Strung Guitar and Slide Guitar - Alan Parker
• Acoustic Guitar - Paul Keough
• Orchestra - The David Katz Orchestra
• Percussion - Gary Walker, Tristan Fry
• Acoustic Piano - John Mealing, Steve Grey
• Electric Piano - Dave McRae
• Saxophone - Alan Skidmore, Dave Wilus, Jeff Daley
• Violin - Roger Churchyard
• Vocals, Acoustic Guitar - John Walker, Scott Walker

Release details

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1976	GTO Records	Vinyl	GTLP 014
United Kingdom and Europe	1994	Sony Music Entertainment Inc.	CD	483674-10

References

1. "Walker Brothers, The - Lines (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
2. Allmusic review