Full Sail

by Loggins & Messina

Overview

This is every inch a follow-up to Loggins & Messina, including a '50s rock & roll pastiche in the style of "Your Mama Don't Dance" called "My Music" that hit number 16 as a single. Other notable material included Jim Messina's island-rock anthem "Lahaina" and one of Kenny Loggins' sensitive but generic ballads, typically called "A Love Song." But then, the charm of L&M was that they could get away with something this sappy. Balance is the key to L&M albums, and it's the chief talent (among many) that producer Messina brings to them. Here, as on L&M's first two albums, he achieves a musical flow that's exhilarating, and the record is only denied a "finest" rating because the quality of the songwriting doesn't quite match those LPs. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	02/01/2008
Label:	Columbia
UPC:	0886972385921
Rank:	6665

Tracks

1. Lahaina
2. Travelin' Blues
3. My Music
4. A Love Song
5. Medley: You Need a Man/Coming to You; You Need a Man/Coming to You
6. Watching the River Run
7. Pathway to Glory
8. Didn't I Know You When
9. Sailin' the Wind

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Loggins & Messina   Primary Artist
Kenny Loggins   Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica
Vince Charles   Drums (Steel)
Jon Clarke   Horn,Oboe,Sax (Bass),Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano),Sax (Baritone)
Jim Messina   Bass,Guitar,Vocals,Mandolin
Michael Omartian   Keyboards
Milt Holland   Percussion
Al Garth   Horn,Oboe,Violin,Recorder,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor),Horn (English),Clarinet (Bass)
Merel Bregante   Drums
Larry Sims   Bass,Vocals

Technical Credits

Ed Caraeff   Photography
Kenny Loggins   Composer,Liner Notes
Dona Lyn George   Composer
Dann Lottermoser   Composer
Dan Loggins   Composer
Jim Messina   Composer,Engineer,Producer
McCoy Tyner   Composer
Michael Omartian   Composer
Alex Kazanegras   Engineer
Ron Coro   Art Direction
Joe Garnett   Illustrations