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
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
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