Sails (album)

Sails is the fifty-fourth studio album by Chet Atkins. It was released in 1987 by Columbia Records. Sails follows in the 1980s' vein of Chet Atkins' releases with a smooth jazz and new age atmosphere.

Reception
Allmusic music critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album; "this recording veers well across the line into new age wallowing of the most innocuous kind... this is not one of the better Atkins Columbia discs."

Track listing

 * 1) "Sails" (Hall) – 4:20
 * 2) "Why Worry" (Mark Knopfler) – 6:23
 * 3) "Sometime, Someplace" (David Hungate, Randy McCormick) – 4:59
 * 4) "Up in My Treehouse" (Walker) – 3:52
 * 5) "Waltz for the Lonely" (Chet Atkins, Randy Goodrum) – 3:01
 * 6) "Laffin' at Life" (Atkins, Daryyl Dybka, David Hungate) – 5:30
 * 7) "On a Roll" (Atkins, Dybka, Paul Yandell) – 5:21
 * 8) "My Song" (Keith Jarrett) – 5:08
 * 9) "Love Letters" (Dybka) – 3:09
 * 10) "Wobegon (The Way It Used to Be)" (Atkins) – 3:20

Personnel

 * Chet Atkins - guitar, banjo
 * Darryl Dybka - keyboards
 * David Hungate - bass
 * Earl Klugh - guitar
 * Mark Knopfler - guitar
 * Mike Lawler - keyboards
 * Clayton Ivey - keyboards
 * Randy McCormick - keyboards
 * Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - guitar
 * Terry McMillan - harmonica, percussion
 * Paul Yandell - guitar
 * Millard Green - guitar
 * Larrie Londin - drums, percussion
 * Mark Hammond - percussion, drum programming
 * Bob Mater - drums
 * Jim Horn - horns
 * Mike Haynes - horns
 * Baba Ram Dave - sitar
 * Aristotle Onassid - bouzouki
 * Dave Humphries - drum programming

Production notes

 * Strings arranged by Bergen White
 * Horns arranged by Bergen White and Darryl Dybka
 * Mixed by Dave Palmer and John Mills
 * Engineered by John Mills and Tom Singers
 * Mastered by Denny Purcell
 * Design by Bill Johnson and Jeff Morris