Description
The Doobie Brothers – Livin' On The Fault Line / Warner Bros. Records Audio CD / 7599-27315-2
UPC 075992731522
Livin' on the Fault Line is the seventh studio album by the American rock band The Doobie Brothers. The album was released on August 19, 1977, by Warner Bros. Records. It is one of the few Doobie Brothers albums of the 1970s which did not produce a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 (although "You Belong to Me" was a hit as recorded by co-author Carly Simon). Still, the album received modest critical acclaim. Tom Johnston (guitar, vocals) left the band early in the sessions. He is listed as part of the band (appearing in the inside group photo) but appears on little or none of the actual album; despite writing and singing five songs during the sessions for the album, they were not included on the final release. Much of this consistently mellow album has a jazz tinge, and the influences of R&B are palpable throughout. The track "Little Darling (I Need You)" is a remake of the Marvin Gaye 1966 hit.
Tracklist:
| 1 | You're Made That Way
Backing Vocals – Maureen McDonald
Backing Vocals – Maureen McDonald
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3:30 | |
| 2 | Echoes Of Love
Written-By – Earl Randle, Willie Mitchell
Written-By – Earl Randle, Willie Mitchell
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2:57 | |
| 3 | Little Darling (I Need You)
Backing Vocals – Rosemary Butler
Written-By – Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr.
Backing Vocals – Rosemary Butler
Written-By – Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr.
|
3:24 | |
| 4 | You Belong To Me
Backing Vocals – Rosemary Butler
Written-By – Carly Simon
Backing Vocals – Rosemary Butler
Written-By – Carly Simon
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3:04 | |
| 5 | Livin' On The Fault Line
Vibraphone – Victor Feldman
Vibraphone – Victor Feldman
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4:42 | |
| 6 | Nothin' But A Heartache | 3:05 | |
| 7 | Chinatown | 4:55 | |
| 8 | There's A Light
Backing Vocals – Rosemary Butler
Harmonica – Norton Buffalo
Backing Vocals – Rosemary Butler
Harmonica – Norton Buffalo
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4:12 | |
| 9 | Need A Lady
Sitar – Dan Armstrong (3)
Sitar – Dan Armstrong (3)
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3:21 | |
| 10 |
Larry The Logger Two-Step | 1:16 |
- Arranged By [Strings], Arranged By [Horns] – David Paich
- Bass, Vocals – Tiran Porter
- Congas, Vocals – Bobby LaKind
- Drums – John Hartman
- Drums, Vocals – Keith Knudsen
- Engineer – Donn Landee
- Engineer [2nd] – Kent Nebergall
- Guitar – Jeff Baxter
- Guitar, Vocals – Pat Simmons, Tom Johnston
- Keyboards, Vocals – Michael McDonald
- Photography By [Cover] – Bruce Steinberg
- Photography By [Innersleeve] – Michael Zagaris
- Producer – Ted Templeman
- Written-By – Jeff Baxter (tracks: A1), Keith Knudsen (tracks: A1), Michael McDonald (tracks: A1, A4, B1, B3), Patrick Simmons (tracks: A2, A5, B2, B5), Tiran Porter (tracks: B4)
- Producer – Ted Templeman
- Production coordination – Beth Naranjo
- Engineer – Donn Landee
- Second engineer – Kent Nebergall
- Cover photography and album design – Bruce Steinberg
- Inner sleeve photo – Michael Zagaris
- Aerial photo pilot – Roger Glenn
- Hand-tinting – Kristin Sundbom
- Management – Bruce Cohn
- Publicity – David Gest
