Man on the Line is the seventh studio album by British-Irish singer Chris de Burgh, released in 1984 by A&M Records. It includes guest appearances from American singer Tina Turner and British musician Howard Jones.

Singles The album produced de Burgh's second UK hit single, "High on Emotion", which entered the chart on 12 May 1984 and peaked at number 44, the same position it reached on the US Billboard Hot 100. The follow-up single, "The Ecstasy of Flight (I Love the Night)", reached number 80 in the UK. "Sight and Sound" was released as the third single from the album, but it failed to chart.

Commercial performance Man on the Line reached number 11 on the UK Albums Chart and remained on the chart for 24 weeks.David Roberts. British Hit Singles & Albums. Guinness World Records Limited In Germany and Switzerland, it reached number one on the weekly charts and was the second-best-selling album of 1984 in both countries.

Track listing All songs written by Chris de Burgh.

Personnel

Musicians Chris de Burgh – vocals, guitars Rupert Hine – keyboards, synthesizers, orchestral arrangements Howard Jones – grand piano (4) Phil Palmer – electric guitars John Giblin – bass guitar (3) Trevor Morais – drums (5) Jeff Phillips – additional drums (10) Tina Turner – guest vocals (5)

Touring band members Glenn Morrow – keyboards, synthesizers Ian Kojima – synthesizers, guitars, saxophone Danny McBride (musician) – electric guitars Al Marnie – bass guitar, backing vocals Jeff Phillips – drums, percussion

Production Produced by Rupert Hine Engineering and mixing – Stephen W. Tayler Assistant engineer – Andrew Scarth Mastering – Frank DeLuna at A&M Mastering Studios (Hollywood, California, USA) Photography – Brian Griffin Art direction – Michael Ross Assistant art director – Dave Margereson Design – Simon Adamczewski and Jerry Williams

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1984–1985) Peakposition

Year-end charts Chart (1984) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 2 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 2 Chart (1985) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 56

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