Breakaway (Gallagher and Lyle album)

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Breakaway
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Studio album by
Gallagher and Lyle
ReleasedFebruary 1976
Genre Rock
Label A&M
Producer David Kershenbaum
Gallagher and Lyle chronology
The Last Cowboy
(1974)		Breakaway
(1976)		 Love on the Airwaves
(1977)

Breakaway is the fifth studio album by Scottish duo Gallagher and Lyle. The title track became a hit for Art Garfunkel, and "I Wanna Stay with You" was a U.S. Pop (#49) hit, U.S. AC (#27) hit and it reached number 6 in United Kingdom. [1] A second hit from the album, "Heart on My Sleeve," also charted in both Canada and the U.S., reaching the Top 20 on the U.S. Easy Listening chart, number six in the United Kingdom [1] and number 2 in the Irish charts. [2] The title track was originally recorded by American singer Art Garfunkel, formerly of Simon & Garfunkel, the year prior for his second solo album of the same name [3] and was released as a single, [4] and was a hit in the US and Canada that year and into early 1976, but failed to chart in Britain, it was later re-issued in Britian in September 1976, [5] capitalizing on the recent release of Gallagher and Lyle's own version as a single that had been a moderate hit in the UK and a Top 10 hit in Ireland, but again failed to chart. Gallagher and Lyle's version of the title track re-entered the Irish charts in 1983 at a slightly lower position at Number 10. "Heart on My Sleeve" would later be covered by former Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry on his compilation album Let's Stick Together in late 1976, and was a Top 10 hit in Australia and a minor hit in the US. The track "Stay Young" was later covered by American country singer Don Williams on his 1983 album Yellow Moon and was released as a single and was a Top 10 country hit in the US and Canada that year and into 1984. The track "I Wanna Stay with You" was covered by Scottish dance group Undercover on their 1992 debut album Check Out the Groove and was released as a single in early 1993, and would be a Top 40 hit in parts of Europe.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle

  1. "Breakaway" – 4:05
  2. "Stay Young" – 3:41
  3. "I Wanna Stay with You" – 3:00
  4. "Heart on My Sleeve" – 3:23
  5. "Fifteen Summers" – 4:08
  6. "Sign of the Times" – 3:41
  7. "If I Needed Someone" – 4:33
  8. "Storm in My Soul" – 2:24
  9. "Rockwriter" – 3:09
  10. "Northern Girl" – 2:52

Charts

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "GALLAGHER & LYLE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Art Garfunkel - Breakaway , retrieved 23 December 2025
  4. ↑ Art Garfunkel - Break Away , retrieved 23 December 2025
  5. ↑ Art Garfunkel - Break Away , retrieved 23 December 2025
  6. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 120. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  7. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Top 50 Albums of 1976" (PDF). Music Week . 25 December 1976. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021– via worldradiohistory.com.
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