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Along the Red Ledge

Along the Red Ledge is the seventh studio album by American pop music duo Hall & Oates. The album was released on August 21, 1978, by RCA Records. The biggest hit from the album was "It's a Laugh" (U.S. No. 20, Canada No. 23). The follow-up single was "I Don't Wanna Lose You" (U.S. No. 42).

The album foreshadowed what was to come in a few years for the duo, as they shed their previous producer Christopher Bond and went with a more polished sound with David Foster. Along the Red Ledge was the first studio album on which Hall & Oates used their road band (previously they had relied heavily on session musicians), a trend they would carry through their heyday of the early 1980s.

George Harrison played guitar on the track "The Last Time". Other contributors to the album include Rick Nielsen of the band Cheap Trick and rock musician Todd Rundgren. Robert Fripp of King Crimson played on the track "Don't Blame It on Love".

Track listing

Personnel

The Band

  • Daryl Hall – lead vocals (1–7, 10), backing vocals, keyboards, percussion
  • John Oates – guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals (2, 8, 9)
  • David Kent – synthesizers, backing vocals
  • Caleb Quaye – lead guitars
  • Kenny Passarelli – bass
  • Roger Pope – drums
  • Charles DeChant – saxophone

Additional musicians

Production

  • David Foster – producer, arrangements
  • Daryl Hall – arrangements
  • John Oates – arrangements
  • Humberto Gatica – engineer
  • Tom Knox – engineer
  • Ed Sprigg – engineer, mixing
  • Chris Desmond – assistant engineer
  • Mark Linett – assistant engineer
  • Jon Smith – assistant engineer
  • Patrick Von Wiegandt – assistant engineer
  • Pat Martin – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
  • Glen Davis – studio assistant
  • Dick Smith – art direction
  • Sara Allen – cover design
  • Eric Kroll – cover photography
  • Barbara Gray – band photography
  • Tommy Mottola for Champion Entertainment Organization, Inc. – management, direction

References