Sail Away (Great White album)

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Sail Away
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 10, 1994
RecordedFebruary 1994
Studio Total Access (Redondo Beach, California)
Genre Blues rock
Length42:38
Label Zoo Entertainment
Producer Alan Niven, Michael Lardie
Great White chronology
The Best of Great White: 1986–1992
(1993)
Sail Away
(1994)
Stage
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 4/10 [2]

Sail Away is the seventh studio album by American hard rock band Great White, released in 1994. It was a much mellower effort, dominated by acoustic guitars and laid back performances. Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band plays the sax solo on "Gone with the Wind". This is the band's first and only recording with bassist Teddy Cook, as well as their first release for Zoo Entertainment. The original issue came with a bonus CD entitled Anaheim Live. Though these CD's state that the bonus disc was part of a limited edition pressing, no other pressings on CD were made without Anaheim Live, likely because of the poor sales of the album. [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Short Overture"Mark Kendall, Michael Lardie, Tony Montana, Alan Niven, Jack Russell 0:37
2."Mother's Eyes"Teddy Cook, Niven, Russell3:34
3."Cryin'"Kendall, Lardie, Niven, Russell4:39
4."Momma Don't Stop"Cook, Lardie, Niven3:46
5."Alone"Kendall, Lardie, Niven, Russell5:43
6."All Right"Lardie, Niven4:33
7."Sail Away"Kendall, Niven4:47
8."Gone with the Wind"Lardie, Niven5:01
9."Livin' In The U.S.A."Lardie, Niven, Russell5:32
10."If I Ever Saw A Good Thing" Tony Joe White 4:23
Total length:42:35

Anaheim Live track listing

Recorded on the Westwood One Mobile, July 24, 1993, at the Celebrity Theatre in Anaheim, California. Engineered by Biff Dawes, Doug Field, Phillip Kneebone & Dennis Mays.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Call It Rock N' Roll"Mark Kendall, Jack Russell, Alan Niven, Michael Lardie, Tony Montana4:01
2."All Over Now"Kendall, Niven, Lardie4:56
3."Love Is A Lie"Kendall, Lardie, Niven, Russell7:24
4."Old Rose Motel"Lardie, Niven6:45
5."Babe (I'm Gonna Leave You)" Anne Bredon, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant 7:18
6."Rock Me"Kendall, Russell, Niven, Lardie7:46
7."Once Bitten, Twice Shy" Ian Hunter 5:46
Total length:43:56
Japanese release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Call It Rock N' Roll" 4:01
2."All Over Now" 4:56
3."Cold-Hearted Lovin'"Kendall, Niven, Lardie, Russell4:31
4."Mista Bone"Kendall, Niven Russell8:34
5."Love Is A Lie" 7:24
6."Old Rose Motel" 6:45
7."Babe (I'm Gonna Leave You)" 7:18
8."Rock Me" 7:46
9."Once Bitten, Twice Shy" 5:46
Total length:57:01

Personnel

Great White

Additional musicians

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