Balin (album)

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Balin
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 11, 1981
RecordedDecember 1980 – March 1981
Studio The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California); The Record Plant and White Rabbit Studios (Sausalito, California).
Genre Rock
Length35:34
Label EMI America
Producer John Hug
Marty Balin chronology
Balin
(1981)
Lucky
(1983)
Singles from Balin
  1. "Hearts"/"Freeway"
    Released: May 1981
  2. "Atlanta Lady (Something About Your Love)"/"Lydia!"
    Released: August 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Balin is Marty Balin's 1981 debut solo album. Two top-40 singles were released, "Hearts" (a U.S. #8 hit, and also his biggest as a solo artist) and "Atlanta Lady (Something About Your Love)" (U.S. #27). The album rose to #35 on the Billboard charts.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hearts" Jesse Barish 4:32
2."You Left Your Mark on Me"
  • Terry Turrell
  • Eric J. Burgeson
4:40
3."Lydia!"
 
4."Atlanta Lady"Barish3:46
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Spotlight"
  • Turrell
  • Burgeson
3:30
2."I Do Believe in You"
3:23
3."Elvis and Marilyn"
3:05
4."Tell Me More"
  • Obren Bokich
  • John Whitney
3:48
5."Music Is the Light"Barish4:17
Total length:35:34

CD releases

Balin was released by American Beat on CD in 2008 and by EMI in 2009. Both editions featured the shorter, single version of "Hearts" rather than the longer album version.

In March 2013 BGO reissued the album along with the follow-up release Lucky on one CD. Mastered by Andrew Thompson the BGO edition is the only CD version that features the full-length album version of "Hearts".

In 2020, A&M alongside Universal Music Japan re-released the title as a part of the AOR Light Mellow 1000 series.

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
US Pop35
Singles [2]
YearSingleChartPosition
1981"Hearts"US Pop8
US AC 9
US Rock 20
"Atlanta Lady
(Something About Your Love)
"
US Pop27
US AC11

Personnel

Additional Personnel

Production

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References

  1. Balin at AllMusic
  2. "Marty Balin, Singles Chart Positions" . Retrieved November 24, 2016.