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Full Sail (Loggins and Messina album)

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Full Sail
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1973
RecordedWally Heider Studios and Studio 4 (Hollywood, CA)
GenreRock, pop
Length42:37
LabelColumbia
ProducerJim Messina
Loggins and Messina chronology
Loggins and Messina
(1972)
Full Sail
(1973)
On Stage
(1974)

Full Sail is the third album by singer-songwriter duo Loggins and Messina, released in 1973. It showed the versatility of the duo, with everything from 1950s retro to island-style to soft ballads. The single "My Music" charted at No. 16, and the follow-up, "Watching the River Run", made it to No. 71. The album as a whole did better, reaching No. 10 on the Pop Charts.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Track listing

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Side one

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  1. "Lahaina" (Jim Messina) – 2:32 (lead singer: Jim Messina)
  2. "Travelin' Blues" (Messina) – 3:44 (lead singer: Jim Messina)
  3. "My Music" (Kenny Loggins, Messina) – 3:04 (lead singer: Jim Messina)
  4. "A Love Song" (Loggins, Dona Lyn George) – 3:11 (lead singer: Kenny Loggins)
  5. "You Need a Man/Coming to You" (Messina) – 5:22/3:48 (No track split) (lead singers: Kenny Loggins [You Need a Man]/Jim Messina [Coming to You])

Side two

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  1. "Watching the River Run" (Messina, Loggins) – 3:27 (lead singers: Kenny Loggins, Jim Messina)
  2. "Pathway to Glory" (Messina) – 8:37 (lead singer: Jim Messina)
  3. "Didn't I Know You When" (Loggins, Michael Omartian) – 2:40 (lead singer: Kenny Loggins)
  4. "Sailin' the Wind" (Daniel Loggins, Dann Lottermoser)[1] – 6:09 (lead singer: Kenny Loggins)

Personnel

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Loggins & Messina band

Additional musicians

Production

  • Producer – Jim Messina
  • Photography – Ed Caraeff
  • Art Direction – Ron Coro
  • Illustrations – Joe Garnett
  • Engineers – Jim Messina and Alex Kazanegras
  • Quadraphonic Mix – Larry Keys and Alex Kazanegras
  • Quadraphonic Mix Supervision – Al Lawrence and Alex Kazanegras

Charts

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AlbumBillboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1974 Pop Albums 10

SinglesBillboard (United States)

Year Single Chart Position
1973 "My Music" Hot 100 16 (No. 28 Canada (RPM Magazine))
1974 "Watching the River Run" Hot 100 71
1974 "Love Song" Hot 100 12, Country No. 5, AC No. 1 performed by Anne Murray

References

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  1. ^ "Sailing the Wind". ACE Repository. Retrieved June 13, 2017.