Breakwater (album)

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Breakwater
Lennie Gallant Breakwater.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1, 1988
Recorded1988 (?)
Genre Folk
Label Revenant
Lennie Gallant chronology
Breakwater
(1988)
Believing in Better
(1991)

Breakwater is the debut album by Lennie Gallant, released in 1988. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Tales of the Phantom Ship", a song inspired by the Ghost Ship of Northumberland Strait.
  2. "Island Clay"
  3. "Raise the Dead of Wintertime"
  4. "Back to Rustico"
  5. "From a Distance"
  6. "Marie and He"
  7. "The Hope for Next Year"
  8. "Breakwater"
  9. "Big City"
  10. "The Reconcillation Two-Step"
  11. "La Tempete"
  12. "Down on the Promenade"
  13. "Destination"

All songs by Lennie Gallant except "Raise the Dead of Wintertime" by Allan Rankin.

Personnel

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References

  1. "Lennie Gallant - Breakwater Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" . Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  2. "How Lennie Gallant almost brushed off Jimmy Buffett's request to write songs together". Yahoo News. 2023-04-23. Retrieved 2023-06-01.