Islands is the eighth album by Canadian-American rockers The Band, and the final studio album by the original members. It received mixed reviews. Anchored by their 1976 cover of "Georgia on My Mind", recorded to aid Jimmy Carter in his bid for the White House, and surrounded by tracks dating to 1972, it was simply finished to get the group off of Capitol Records, so that the soundtrack to their film The Last Waltz could come out on Warner Bros. R...
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Islands
Musical Album
Artist
The Band
The Band was a rock music group active from 1967 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1999. The original group (1967–1976) consisted of four Canadians: Robbie Robertson (guitar, piano, vocals); Richard Manuel (piano, harmonica, drums, saxophone, organ, vocals); Garth Hudson (organ, piano, clavinet,...
Label
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI, formally located in Los Angeles, but currently operating New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine.
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Tracks:
- Right as Rain
- Street Walker
- Let the Night Fall
- Ain't That a Lot of Love
- Christmas Must Be Tonight
- Islands
- The Saga of Pepote Rouge
- Georgia on My Mind
- Knockin' Lost John
- Livin' in a Dream