Line-Up (album)

Line-Up
Studio album by Graham Bonnet
Released	October 1981 [1]
Studio	Red Bus, Marquee Studios, The Glade, RAK Studios, RAMP Studios, Roundhouse Studios, London, UK
Genre	Rock
Length	38:13
Label	Vertigo
Producer	John Eden, Francis Rossi
Graham Bonnet chronology
Down to Earth (1979) Line-Up (1981) Assault Attack (1982)
Singles from Line-Up
"Night Games" Released: 6 March 1981 [2] "Liar" Released: 5 June 1981 [3] "That's the Way That It Is" Released: 2 October 1981 [4]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10 [6]

Line-Up is the third album released by English singer, Graham Bonnet, formerly of Rainbow. The album made extensive use of musicians and songwriters who, at the time, were members of bands like Whitesnake and Status Quo.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Night Games" (Ed Hamilton) – 4:38
2. "S.O.S." (Ballard) – 3:12
3. "I'm a Lover" (David Kerr-Clemenson, Andrew Martin Locke) – 3:46
4. "Be My Baby" (Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich) – 3:03
5. "That's the Way That It Is" (Paul Bliss) – 3:18

Side two

6. "Liar" (Russ Ballard) – 3:04
7. "Anthony Boy" (Chuck Berry) – 3:28
8. "Dirty Hand" (Bob Young, Micky Moody) – 3:40
9. "Out on the Water" (Young, Moody) – 3:40
10. "Don't Stand in the Open" (Young, Moody) – 3:25
11. "Set Me Free" (Ray Davies) – 4:19

CD Bonus Tracks

12. "Don't Tell Me to Go (b-side)" (Young, Moody, Markee)
13. "Bad Days Are Gone (b-side)" (Young, Moody)
14. "Night Games (single edit)" (Hamilton)
15. "Out on the Water (single edit)" (Young, Moody)

Personnel

Musicians

• Graham Bonnet – lead and backing vocals
• Micky Moody – lead guitar, acoustic guitar on track 1
• Francis Rossi – synthesizer in track 1, rhythm guitar and backing vocals on track 9, producer on tracks 1 and 9
• Russ Ballard - guitar on track 2
• Kirby Gregory - guitar on tracks 2 and 4
• Rick Parfitt - guitar on track 7
• Gary Twigg - bass
• Chris Stewart - bass on tracks 2, 3, 5
• Neil Murray – bass on track 9
• Adrian Lee - synthesizer on tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, keyboards on track 10
• Ian Lynn - synthesizer on tracks 7 and 9, electric piano on track 7
• John Cook - keyboards on track 8
• Andy Bown - piano on track 1 and 9, organ on track 1
• Jon Lord – organ on track 5
• Cozy Powell – drums, percussion
• Martin Ditcham - percussion on track 10
• Mel Collins - saxophone on track 2

Production

• John Eden - producer, engineer
• Arun Chakraverty - mastering

References

1. Popoff, Martin (2018). The Deep Purple Family, vol 2 (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 55. ISBN   978-1-908724-87-8.
2. "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 7 March 1981. p. 24. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
3. "Music Week" (PDF).
4. "Music Week" (PDF). p. 30.
5. Unterberger, Richie. "Graham Bonnet - Line Up review". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved 8 January 2017.
6. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 58. ISBN   978-1894959315.