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The News(Lindisfarne album) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The News Studio album by Lindisfarne Released 	september 1979 Recorded 	may-june 1979 Genre 	Progressive rock Folk rock Label 	Mercury Records Producer 	Hugh Murphy and Lindisfarne Lindisfarne chronology Back and Fourth (1978) 	The News (1979) 	Sleepless Nights (1982)

The News is a 1979 album by Lindisfarne, the follow-up to their relatively successful comeback album. 1978's "Back and Fourth". "The News" was less successful and not released in The USA.[1]

Contents

1 Production 2 Release, chart performance and reception 3 Singles 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 6 References

Production

The album was produced by Hugh Murphy and Lindisfarne. It was recorded at Chipping Noton Studio, Oxfordshire and Regents Park Studio, London, May-June 1979.

Release, chart performance and reception

The News was released in September 1979 in the UK by Mercury Records. It wasn't as successful as its predecessor "Back and Fourth", which cointained the UK #10 and US #33 hit single "Run For Home". Neither the album "The News" or the two singles released from it, "Easy and Free" and "Call of the Wild" made any impact on the UK charts, and in The USA Lindisfarne's US label Atco declined to release the album.

Allmusic gave the album 2 1/2 stars, which is half a star more than "Back and Fourth" received.[5]

Singles

Two tracks from the album were released as singles. Easy and Free b/w When Friday The first, "Run For Home", was released a few weeks before the album. It proved very popular, reaching #10 during a 15-week stint in the UK charts.[6] It also became the band's first hit in the USA, reaching #33.[7] The second, "Juke Box Gypsy", was less successful. It was released in October 1978 and spent four weeks in the charts, peaking at #56.[8] A third track, "Warm Feeling", was released in early 1979 but failed to chart.[9] Track listing

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All tracks credited to Alan Hull except where indicated

"Juke Box Gypsy" - 2:23 "Warm Feeling" (Jackson/Harcourt) - 4:05 "Woman" - 3:26 "Only Alone" - 3:44 "Run For Home" - 4:21 "Kings Cross Blues" (Jackson/Harcourt) - 3:45 "Get Wise" - 3:08 "You And Me" - 3:05 "Marshall Riley's Army" - 3:39 "Angels At Eleven" - 2:55 "Make Me Want To Stay" - 3:55

Personnel

Alan Hull - vocals, acoustic, electric and 12-string guitars, keyboards Ray Jackson - vocals, mandolin, harmonica Rod Clements - electric bass, acoustic, electric and 12-string guitars, violin Simon Cowe - lead, acoustic and 12-string guitars, mandolin, vocals Ray Laidlaw - drums