Blue Horizon (Wishbone Ash album)

Blue Horizon
Studio album by Wishbone Ash
Released	21 February 2014
Genre	Rock
Length	59:02
Label	Solid Rockhouse
Producer	Tom Greenwood, Andy Powell & Joe Crabtree
Wishbone Ash chronology
Elegant Stealth (2011) Blue Horizon (2014) Coat of Arms (2020)

Blue Horizon is the twenty-second studio album by rock band Wishbone Ash, released by Solid Rock Records on Intergroove ^{[1] [2]} in 2014. ^[3]

It features the dual lead guitars of Powell and Muddy Manninen. ^[4] It was produced by Tom Greenwood, Andy Powell and Joe Crabtree. ^[5]

Blue Horizon has received a number of positive reviews. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Track listing

1. "Take It Back" (Aynsley Powell) - 6:01
2. "Deep Blues" (Muddy Manninen / Ian Harris, Andy Powell, Joe Crabtree) - 5:28
3. "Strange How Things Come Back Around" (Roger Filgate) - 6:01
4. "Being One" (Manninen, Crabtree, Tom Greenwood / Harris, Crabtree, Greenwood, Andy Powell) - 5:07
5. "Way Down South" (Harris, Andy Powell) - 6:45
6. "Tally Ho!" (Manninen / Harris) - 4:46
7. "Mary Jane" (Manninen / Harris) - 4:38
8. "American Century" (Aynsley Powell / Andy Powell, Crabtree) - 5:07
9. "Blue Horizon" (Manninen / Harris) - 7:45
10. "All There Is to Say" (Pat McManus, Wishbone Ash / Andy Powell) - 7:24

Personnel

Wishbone Ash

• Andy Powell - guitar, lead vocals
• Muddy Manninen - guitar, backing vocals; lead vocals on "Mary Jane"
• Bob Skeat - bass, backing vocals
• Joe Crabtree - drums, percussion, backing vocals; guitar solo (outro) on "Take It Back".

Additional musicians

• Pat McManus - fiddle on "Take It Back" and "All There Is to Say", bouzouki on "All There Is to Say"
• Lucy Underhill - backing vocals on "Strange How Things Come Back Around", additional vocals on "American Century"
• Richard Young - percussion on "Strange How Things Come Back Around"
• Tom Greenwood - organ on "Blue Horizon"

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9]	74
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [10]	45

References

1. "Wishbone Ash - Blue Horizon ". Matt Coe Metal Temple 8 April 2014.
2. "Wishbone Ash – ‘Blue Horizon’ Album Review" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine . Sonic Abuse.
3. "Wishbone Ash – Blue Horizon Solid Rockhouse Records". Classic Rock Review.
4. "Wishbone Ash: Blue Horizon". Danger Dog Music Reviews.
5. "Album Review: Wishbone Ash – Blue Horizon". Music Connection.
6. "Wishbone Ash - “Blue Horizon”". Rebel Noise. Review by Jordan Blum.
7. "Wishbone Ash: Blue Horizon (Review) ". Musik Reviews (in German)
8. "Wishbone Ash / Blue Horizon". Rock Times (in German)
9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Wishbone Ash – Just Testing" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
10. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 30, 2023.