Walking a Changing Line

by Ian Matthews

Walking a Changing Line cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Windham Hill
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 42:58
  • Community rating: 2.9/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The former Fairport Convention vocalist delivers a highly synthesized, remarkably peaceful collection entirely composed of Jules Shear covers. Released on the prominent Windham Hill label, the album completely reinterprets the source material through a glossy, new age and adult contemporary pop lens. The pristine, atmospheric production marks a fascinating stylistic detour in Matthews's extensive folk-rock career.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Dream Sequence (1:59)
  2. Standing Still (6:00)
  3. Except For A Tear (4:46)
  4. Following Every Finger (3:52)
  5. Alive Alone (5:14)
  6. On Squirrel Hill (3:16)
  7. Shadows Break (6:19)
  8. This Fabrication (4:38)
  9. Lovers By Rote (3:31)
  10. Only A Motion (3:23)

Credits

  • Fred Simon - composed by, written-by, performer [played by], arranged by [synthesizer tracks arranged by], performer [played by], synthesizer [roland d-50, yamaha dx-7, yamaha tx-7], composed by [prelude composed by]
  • Jules Shear - composed by, written-by
  • Stewart Whitmore - edited by [digital editing and assembly by]
  • Osamu Kitajima - arranged by [synthesizer tracks arranged by], performer [played by], synthesizer [roland d-50], koto
  • Paul Hertzog - arranged by [synthesizer tracks arranged by], performer [played by], synthesizer [oberheim ob8, mirage ensoniq, roland d-50], composed by [prelude composed by]
  • Eliza Gilkyson - harmony vocals
  • Patrick O'Hearn - arranged by [synthesizer tracks arranged by], performer [played by], synthesizer [ppg-wave, oberheim expander, akai s-9000], bass guitar
  • Ray Neapolitan - acoustic bass

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