| Sails | ||||
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| Studio album by Chet Atkins | ||||
| Released | June 2, 1987 | |||
| Genre | Country, jazz | |||
| Length | 45:03 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Chet Atkins, David Hungate | |||
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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
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    |
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
- "Sails" (Hall) – 4:20
- "Why Worry" (Mark Knopfler) – 6:23
- "Sometime, Someplace" (David Hungate, Randy McCormick) – 4:59
- "Up in My Treehouse" (Walker) – 3:52
- "Waltz for the Lonely" (Chet Atkins, Randy Goodrum) – 3:01
- "Laffin' at Life" (Atkins, Daryyl Dybka, David Hungate) – 5:30
- "On a Roll" (Atkins, Dybka, Paul Yandell) – 5:21
- "My Song" (Keith Jarrett) – 5:08
- "Love Letters" (Dybka) – 3:09
- "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
References
- ^ Ginell, Richard S. "Sails > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.