Solo Flight (Laurence Juber album)

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Solo Flight
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1990
Genre Folk, rock
Length42:44
Label Beachwood
Producer Laurence Juber
Laurence Juber chronology
Standard Time
(1982)
Solo Flight
(1990)
Naked Guitar
(1993)
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Solo Flight is the second album by former Wings guitarist Laurence Juber, released in 1990. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Laurence Juber

  1. "A Bit of a George" - 2:40
  2. "Breath of Air" - 2:50
  3. "The Stepney Two Step" - 2:13
  4. "Tombeau (Elegy)" - 1:54
  5. "I'll Think of You & Smile" - 2:58
  6. "Open for Business" - 3:00
  7. "Solo Flight" - 2:13
  8. "In Your Arms" - 3:41
  9. "Ferdinand's Lute" - 2:47
  10. "Elevations of the Heart" - 3:22
  11. "This Process (Is a Process)" - 3:52
  12. "Joanna" - 2:43
  13. "Barnet Fair" - 5:27
  14. "Slow Dance" - 3:04

Personnel

Production notes:

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