Sails is the fifty-fourth studio album by Chet Atkins. It was released in 1987 by Columbia Records. Sails follows in the 1980s' vein of Chet Atkins' releases with a smooth jazz and new age atmosphere.

Sails
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 2, 1987
GenreCountry, jazz
Length45:03
LabelColumbia
ProducerChet Atkins, David Hungate
Chet Atkins chronology
Street Dreams
(1986)
Sails
(1987)
C.G.P.
(1988)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic      [1]

Allmusic music critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album; "this recording veers well across the line into new age wallowing of the most innocuous kind... this is not one of the better Atkins Columbia discs."[1]

Track listing

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  1. "Sails" (Hall) – 4:20
  2. "Why Worry" (Mark Knopfler) – 6:23
  3. "Sometime, Someplace" (David Hungate, Randy McCormick) – 4:59
  4. "Up in My Treehouse" (Walker) – 3:52
  5. "Waltz for the Lonely" (Chet Atkins, Randy Goodrum) – 3:01
  6. "Laffin' at Life" (Atkins, Daryyl Dybka, David Hungate) – 5:30
  7. "On a Roll" (Atkins, Dybka, Paul Yandell) – 5:21
  8. "My Song" (Keith Jarrett) – 5:08
  9. "Love Letters" (Dybka) – 3:09
  10. "Wobegon (The Way It Used to Be)" (Atkins) – 3:20

Personnel

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Production notes

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  • Strings arranged by Bergen White
  • Horns arranged by Bergen White and Darryl Dybka
  • Mixed by Dave Palmer and John Mills
  • Engineered by John Mills and Tom Singers
  • Mastered by Denny Purcell
  • Design by Bill Johnson and Jeff Morris

References

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  1. ^ a b Ginell, Richard S. "Sails > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.