Lone Star (album)

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Lone Star
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1976 [1]
Recorded1976
Studio Sweet Silence, Copenhagen [2]
Genre Hard rock, progressive rock, [2] heavy metal
Length37:32
Label Epic (UK)
Producer Roy Thomas Baker
Lone Star chronology
Lone Star
(1976)
Firing on All Six
(1977)
Singles from Lone Star
  1. "She Said She Said"
    Released: 5 Nov 1976 [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 [5]

Lone Star is the debut studio album by Welsh hard rock band Lone Star. The album was released in August 1976. The album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker, who is best known for his work with Queen and The Cars. The album was later re-issue on CD in 1992 & 1996 by CBS Records/Sony. [1] The album only spent 1 week in the UK Albums Charts reaching number 47. [6] The album was produced at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark and mastered at Sterling Sound Studios, New York, United States. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kenny Driscoll, Tony Smith, except where indicated.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."She Said She Said" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 8:29
2."Lonely Soldier" 5:09
3."Flying in the Reel" 4:54
Side two
No.TitleLength
4."Spaceships"6:44
5."A New Day"5:14
6."A Million Stars"3:50
7."Illusions"3:12
Bonus CD tracks from previously unreleased BBC sessions
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
8."Flying in the Reel" 
9."A Million Stars" 
10."She Said She Said"Lennon, McCartney
11."Hypnotic Mover"Pete Hurley, Dixie Lee, Rick Worsnop, Driscoll, Smith
12."Spaceships" 

Personnel

Lone Star
Technical

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Lone Star : complete achievements". Spirit of Metal Webzine. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Lone Star, 1976 – Lone Star [LP]". good-music.kiev.ua. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  3. "Lone Star – Discography". 45cat website. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  4. Campbell, Al. "Lone Star / Firing on All Six - Lone Star". AllMusic . Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  5. Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 174. ISBN   978-1894959025.
  6. "Lone Star – Lone Star". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 25 January 2017.