The Doobie Brothers - Livin' On The Fault Line mp3

Performer: The Doobie Brothers
Title: Livin' On The Fault Line
Country: US
Catalog Number: BSK 3045
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Released: 1977
Style: Pop Rock, Classic Rock
Rating: 4.3
Votes: 205

Doobie Brothers Warner Bros Records Pop Rock Classic Rock 1977

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Tracklist

1	Need A Lady Sitar – Dan Armstrong	3:21
2	You're Made That Way Backing Vocals – Maureen McDonald	3:30
3	Larry The Logger Two-Step	1:16
4	Chinatown	4:55
5	Livin' On The Fault Line Vibraphone – Victor Feldman	4:42
6	There's A Light Backing Vocals – Rosemary ButlerHarmonica – Norton Buffalo	4:12
7	Echoes Of Love Written-By – Earl Randle, Willie Mitchell	2:57
8	Little Darling (I Need You) Backing Vocals – Rosemary ButlerWritten-By – Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr.	3:24
9	Nothin' But A Heartache	3:05
10	You Belong To Me Backing Vocals – Rosemary ButlerWritten-By – Carly Simon	3:04

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BSK 3045	The Doobie Brothers	Livin' On The Fault Line ‎(LP, Album, Win)	Warner Bros. Records	BSK 3045	US	1977
927 315-2	The Doobie Brothers	Livin' On The Fault Line ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Warner Bros. Records	927 315-2	Europe	1990
BSK 3045	The Doobie Brothers	Livin' On The Fault Line ‎(LP, Album, Los)	Warner Bros. Records	BSK 3045	US	1977
WPCR-13659	The Doobie Brothers	Livin' On The Fault Line ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Pap)	Warner Bros. Records	WPCR-13659	Japan	2009
M5-3045	The Doobie Brothers	Livin' On The Fault Line ‎(Cass, Album, Yel)	Warner Bros. Records	M5-3045	Canada	1977

Credits

Arranged By [Strings], Arranged By [Horns] – David Paich
Bass, Vocals – Tiran Porter
Congas, Vocals – Bobby LaKind
Drums – John Hartman
Drums, Vocals – Keith Knudsen
Engineer – Donn Landee
Engineer [2nd] – Kent Nebergall
Guitar – Jeff Baxter
Guitar, Vocals – Pat Simmons, Tom Johnston
Keyboards, Vocals – Michael McDonald
Photography By [Cover] – Bruce Steinberg
Photography By [Innersleeve] – Michael Zagaris
Producer – Ted Templeman
Written-By – Jeff Baxter (tracks: A1), Keith Knudsen (tracks: A1), Michael McDonald (tracks: A1, A4, B1, B3), Patrick Simmons (tracks: A2, A5, B2, B5), Tiran Porter (tracks: B4)

Notes

Recorded and mixed at Sunset Sound Recorders (Hollywood).
Additional recording at Western Recorders (Hollywood) and Warner Bros. Recording Studios (North Hollywood)

Barcodes

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Runout Etched): BSK BS-1-3045 JW-1 #4
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Runout Etched): BSK BS-2-3045 JW-1 #1
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 2 Etched): BSK-1-3045 JW-3 #3 BS Scratched Out
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 2 Etched): BSK-2 -3045 JW-3 #3 BSK Scratched Out
Matrix / Runout (Side I - Variant 3 Etched (0 stamped)): BSK ('BS' scratched out)-1-3045 JW-3 #1 0
Matrix / Runout (Side II - Variant 3 Etched (0 stamped)): BSK ('SA' scratched out)-2 -3045 JW-2 #1 0
Matrix / Runout (A Side Etch (0 stamped) [Variant 4]): BSK-1-3045 JW-3 #1 BS Scratched Out
Matrix / Runout (B Side Etch (0 stamped) [Variant 4]): BSK-2 -3045 JW-3 #2 BSK Scratched Out

Companies

Recorded At – Sunset Sound Recorders
Mixed At – Sunset Sound Recorders
Recorded At – Western Recorders
Recorded At – Warner Bros. Recording Studios
Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville

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Reviews (3)

Fordrelis

Not one of my favorite Doobies albums for sure. there's no tracks on there that are particularly memorable unlike some of their other albums. I'd say take pass on this album unless you get it for dirt dirt cheap like a dollar or two at a charity thrift shop to complete your collection, because you won't be playing this one often.

Bele

Michael McDonald’s joke on the world …

Livin’ On The Fault Line is quite a prophetic album title for this very musically corporate album, the second release from the second incarnation of the Doobie Brothers and the last that would ever find its way into my collection. Matter of fact, I held it in my hands just yesterday and looking at the slickness of the album jacket, I couldn’t remember even a single song from this release.

Founding member Tom Johnston had left the band early on during these sessions, meaning the Doobie’s writing style did manage to fall off the fault line, where Michael McDonald again thought that he needed to feature his vocal skills over anything else, with yet another Holland, Dozier and Holland Motown classic originally sung by Marvin Gaye, this time laying out “Little Darling,” that while good, came as no surprise, signaling a palpable sea-change for the band, a jazzed tinged themed album of mellowness laced with R&B influences.

Others will imply that this album which spawned no hit singles is the most well developed and considered Doobie Brothers album of all time, though what should one expect with Baxter and McDonald, both late of Steely Dan stepping in at the helm to guide the process. Even so, there’s a haunting sense of sadness, perhaps melancholy drifting around the edges of this record that seemed to have no defining moments or direction. Gone is the guitar oriented rock of previous releases, in was Michael McDonald as some sort of Miami Vice sex symbol, with the new sophisticated sound was entirely radio friendly. And the worst part, McDonald played this record for a friend who’s judgment he trusted, who said, “All the tunes have merit, though I don’t know if they hang together as a record,” then McDonald continues by saying that his friend finished with the line “This is a piece of shit, Michael!” Where I’m sure they both did a couple lines of coke, laughed and released this lackluster adult contemporary manifestation on the world anyway, prompting me to note that by 1977, there seemed to be no credibility left in the music world, where even music rags would find ways to imply that the record might not be so good, all while praising it at the same time, where they might have well simply said nothing. Of course McDonald has conceded this point saying, “Fault Line was a classic case of ... it was me, not them. Over the years I’ve learned that I get a certain thing in my head, and it becomes my worst enemy at that point.” Well, the point is, if you’re listening, Mr. McDonald, you hoisted this joke on the world knowing it was bad, you toured behind the album knowing it was bad, you accepted praise from DJ’s knowing the record was bad, just tell me I’m right, the record business is a business, where there’s no room for credibility.

So, as to the album’s title Livin’ On The Fault Line, earthquakes don’t just happen, instead they are caused by things beyond our sight, things going on well below the surface. Seems the band knew the album was a shattering mistake when they named it.

*** The Fun Facts: Oddly enough, this was the second album to feature or imply an earthquake by the Doobies, The Captain & Me also feature a California over pass brought down by an earthquake.

The building featured on the cover was inspired by the original movie Planet Of The Apes and replacing the Statue of Liberty, is known as the Transamerica Pyramid, located at 600 Montgomery Street in the Financial District of San Francisco, California, and while it is an earthquake-proof building, that won’t prevent it from sinking into the ocean.

Stan

If you like Michael McDonald, this is the Doobie album for you.