Islands (The Band album)

Islands
Studio album by the Band
Released	March 15, 1977 (1977-03-15)
Recorded	December 1972 – January 1977
Studio	Shangri-la Studios; Village Recorders, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Rock
Length	35:15
Label	Capitol
Producer	The Band
The Band chronology
The Best of the Band (1976) Islands (1977) Anthology (1978)

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.

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), 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. In the CD liner notes, Robbie Robertson compares the album to the Who's Odds & Sods.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	C+
MusicHound Rock	woof!
Q
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

John Bauldie in Q called the album "a ragbag of old outtakes and otherwise unplaceable new numbers."

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Right as Rain"	Robbie Robertson	Richard Manuel	3:52
2.	"Street Walker"	Robertson Rick Danko	Danko	3:16
3.	"Let the Night Fall"	Robertson	Manuel	3:11
4.	"Ain't That a Lot of Love"	Homer Banks Willia Dean Parker	Levon Helm	3:09
5.	"Christmas Must Be Tonight"	Robertson	Danko	3:38

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Islands"	Robertson Garth Hudson Danko	instrumental	3:54
2.	"The Saga of Pepote Rouge"	Robertson	Danko	4:14
3.	"Georgia on My Mind"	Hoagy Carmichael Stuart Gorrell	Manuel	3:09
4.	"Knockin' Lost John"	Robertson	Robertson	3:50
5.	"Livin' in a Dream"	Robertson	Helm	2:52

• Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–10 on CD reissues.

Bonus tracks from 2001 CD re-release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Twilight" (Single version)	Robertson	3:17
12.	"Georgia on My Mind" (Alternate take)	Carmichael, Gorrell	3:51

Personnel

The Band

• Rick Danko – bass guitar, vocals
• Levon Helm – drums, vocals
• Garth Hudson – organ, synthesizers, saxophones, accordion, piccolo on "Islands"
• Richard Manuel – piano, electric piano, vocals
• Robbie Robertson – guitars, lead vocal on "Knockin' Lost John"

Additional musicians

• Jim Gordon – flute on "Islands"
• Tom Malone – trombone on "Islands"
• John Simon – alto saxophone on "Islands"
• Larry Packer – violin on "Islands"

Production

• Ed Anderson – engineering
• Neil Brody – engineering
• Rob Fraboni – engineering
• Nat Jeffrey – engineering