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  • Artist: Wishbone Ash
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1977
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Another very enjoyable recording, with their folk inclinations rising to the fore again on several tracks. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Front Page News Steve Upton, M. Turner, Laurie Wisefield, Bill Payne, Andy Powell Wishbone Ash (5:11)
Midnight Dancer Steve Upton, Laurie Wisefield, Andy Powell, Martin Turner Wishbone Ash (4:31)
Goodbye Baby Hello Friend Laurie Wisefield Wishbone Ash (3:51)
Surface to Air M. Turner Wishbone Ash (4:53)
714 Laurie Wisefield Wishbone Ash (3:23)
Come in from the Rain M. Turner Wishbone Ash (4:45)
Right or Wrong M. Turner Wishbone Ash (2:53)
Heart Beat M. Turner Wishbone Ash (4:21)
The Day I Found Your Love Steve Upton, M. Turner, Andy Powell, Laurie Wisefield Wishbone Ash (4:30)
Diamond Jack Steve Upton, Laurie Wisefield, Andy Powell, M. Turner Wishbone Ash (4:19)

Credits

Andy Powell (Guitar), Steve Upton (Drums), Andy Powell (Mandolin), Martin Turner (Guitar (Bass)), Laurie Wisefield (Vocals), Laurie Wisefield (Guitar (Steel)), Howard Albert (Producer), Mike Lewis (Arranger), Martin Turner (Vocals), Laurie Wisefield (Guitar (Electric)), Laurie Wisefield (Guitar (Rhythm)), Laurie Wisefield (Guitar), Martin Turner (Bass), Steve Gursky (Engineer), Andy Powell (Vocals), Laurie Wisefield (Guitar (12 String)), Ron Albert (Producer), Laurie Wisefield (Banjo), John Blanche (Mastering), Mike Lewis (Conductor), Steve Upton (Percussion), Andy Powell (Guitar (Rhythm))
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Front Page News
Studio album by Wishbone Ash
Released 1977
Genre Rock
Label MCA
Producer Ron Albert and Howard Albert
Professional reviews
Wishbone Ash chronology
Classic Ash
(1977)		 Front Page News
(1977)		 No Smoke Without Fire
(1978)

Front Page News is the eighth studio album by rock band Wishbone Ash. It is mostly made up of slower, breezy soft rock ballads with lush vocal harmonies, marking a musically extreme change of styles for Wishbone Ash.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Martin Turner/Andy Powell/Laurie Wisefield/Steve Upton except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Front Page News"
  2. "Midnight Dancer"
  3. "Goodbye Baby Hello Friend" (Laurie Wisefield)
  4. "Surface to Air" (Martin Turner)
  5. "714" (Laurie Wisefield)

Side two

  1. "Come In from the Rain" (Martin Turner)
  2. "Right or Wrong" (Martin Turner)
  3. "Heart-Beat" (Martin Turner)
  4. "The Day I Found Your Love"
  5. "Diamond Jack"

Personnel

  • Martin Turner - bass guitar, lead vocals except "Goodbye Baby Hello Friend"
  • Andy Powell - lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars, mandolin, vocals
  • Laurie Wisefield - lead, 12 string and rhythm guitars, lead vocal on "Goodbye Baby Hello Friend"
  • Steve Upton - drums
v • d • e
Wishbone Ash

Andy Powell · Muddy Manninen · Bob Skeat · Joseph Crabtree
Martin Turner · Ted Turner · Steve Upton · Laurie Wisefield · John Wetton · Trevor Bolder · Claire Hamill · Mervyn Spence · Jamie Crompton · Andy Pyle · Phil Palmer · Ray Weston · Tony Kishman · Roger Filgate · Mike Sturgis · Mark Birch · Ben Granfelt
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilations
Singles

"Blind eye" · "No Easy Road" · "So Many Things to Say" · "Hometown" · "Silver Shoes" · "Outward Bound" · "Phoenix" · "Front Page News" · "Goodbye Baby, Hello friend" · "You See Red" · "Come On" · "Living Proof" · "Helpless" · "Underground" · "Get Ready" · "Engine Overheat" · "No More Lonely Nights" · "In the Skin" · "Cosmic Jazz"
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