John Hall (album)

John Hall
Studio album by John Hall
Released	1978
Recorded	1978
Studio	Wally Heider Recording Studio Record Plant Sound Factory West
Genre	Folk rock, pop rock
Length	37:19
Label	Asylum Records
Producer	John Hall Charles Plotkin
John Hall chronology
Action (1970) John Hall (1978) Power (1979)
Singles from John Hall
"Night" Released: 1978

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AllMusic

John Hall is the self-titled second album by John Hall released in 1978. It was Hall's first solo album after leaving Orleans due to internal stresses and disagreements over material and musical direction. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Track listing

All tracks are written by Johanna and John Hall except where indicated.

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Night"		4:53
2.	"Break of Day"		4:40
3.	"Messin' Round the Wrong Woman"	John Hall	3:10
4.	"Trust Yourself"		5:00

Side 2

No.	Title	Length
5.	"Give Me The Right"	3:30
6.	"The Fault"	4:52
7.	"Good Enough"	4:37
8.	"Voyagers"	6:37

Personnel

Credits adapted from original LP sleeve. ^[6]

• John Hall - lead vocals, guitar, Polymoog synthesizer (1), clavinet (6), backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6)
• Wilton Felder - bass guitar (1–5, 7)
• David Hungate - bass guitar (6, 8)
• Chuck Rainey - bass guitar (3)
• Sonny Burke - clavinet (7)
• David Paich - electric piano (8)
• Bill Payne - synthesizer (6, 8)
• Joe Sample - electric piano (1, 2, 5), piano (3), clavinet (4)
• Steve Gadd - drums (2–4, 6–8)
• Ed Greene - drums (1, 5)
• Milt Holland - congas, tambourine (2), cuíca (4)
• Joel Tepp - harmonica (3)
• Michael Brecker - saxophone (3), tenor saxophone (7)
• David Sanborn - alto saxophone (7)
• Phillip Ballou - backing vocals (4)
• Lowell George - backing vocals (2)
• Garland Jeffreys - backing vocals (6)
• David Lasley - backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 7)
• Arnold McCullough - backing vocals (1, 4, 7)
• Lynn Pitney - backing vocals (2, 5, 7)
• Bonnie Raitt - backing vocals (2)
• Carly Simon - backing vocals (6–8)
• James Taylor - backing vocals (6, 8)
• The Persuasions - backing vocals (3)
• David Campbell - string arrangement (5)

Production

• Arrangement - John Hall
• Advice and Consent - Johanna Hall
• Art Direction and Design - Kosh
• Producer - John Hall, Chuck Plotkin
• Engineers - Val Garay
• Photography - David Alexander, John Hall, Johanna Hall, Catherine Sebastian, Kitty Wise
• Recorded by - Peter Granet, Steve Hirsch, Mark Howlett, Jay Krugman

External links

• John Hall at Discogs
• John Hall at AllMusic

References

1. Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (1983). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. p. 214. ISBN   9780394721071 . Retrieved November 17, 2021– via Google Books.
2. Livetin, Sharon (March 25, 1978). "Top Album Picks". Billboard. Vol. 90, no. 12. Nielsen Business Media. p. 150. Retrieved November 17, 2021– via Google Books.
3. DiMartino, Dave (1994). Singer-songwriters. Billboard Books. p. 91. ISBN   9780823076291 . Retrieved November 17, 2021– via Google Books.
4. White, Timothy (October 28, 2009). James Taylor: His Life and Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857120069 . Retrieved November 17, 2021– via Google Books.
5. アサイラム・レコードとその時代. Ongaku Shuppansha Co. Ltd. 2006. p. 128. ISBN   9784861710155 . Retrieved November 17, 2021– via Google Books.
6. John Hall (album). John Hall. Los Angeles, California: Asylum Records. 1978. 6E-177