1977 studio album by the Band
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Released | March 15, 1977 (1977-03-15) |
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Recorded | December 1972 – January 1977 |
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Studio | Shangri-la Studios; Village Recorders, Los Angeles, California |
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Genre | Rock |
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Length | 35:15 |
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Label | Capitol |
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Producer | The Band |
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Islands is the seventh studio album by the Canadian-American rock group the Band. Released in 1977 to mixed reviews, it is the final studio album from the group's original lineup.[1]
Primarily composed of previously unreleased songs from the Band's career (including their 1976 cover of "Georgia on My Mind", which was recorded to aid Jimmy Carter in his presidential bid),[2] Islands was released to fulfill the group's contract with Capitol Records, so that the soundtrack to their film The Last Waltz could be released on Warner Bros. Records.[1] In the CD liner notes, Robbie Robertson compares the album to the Who's Odds & Sods.
Critical reception
John Bauldie in Q called the album "a ragbag of old outtakes and otherwise unplaceable new numbers."[1]