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Islands
Studio album by the Band
Released	March 15, 1977 (1977-03-15)
Recorded	December 1972 – January 1977
Studio	Shangri-la Studios; Village Recorders, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Rock
Length	35:15
Label	Capitol
Producer	The Band
The Band chronology
The Best of the Band (1976) Islands (1977) Anthology (1978)

Islands is the seventh studio album by the Canadian-American rock group the Band. Released in 1977 to mixed reviews, it is the final studio album from the group's original lineup.

Primarily composed of previously unreleased songs from the Band's career (including their 1976 cover of "Georgia on My Mind", which was recorded to aid Jimmy Carter in his presidential bid), Islands was released to fulfill the group's contract with Capitol Records, so that the soundtrack to their film The Last Waltz could be released on Warner Bros. Records. In the CD liner notes, Robbie Robertson compares the album to the Who's Odds & Sods.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	C+
MusicHound Rock	woof!
Q
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

John Bauldie in Q called the album "a ragbag of old outtakes and otherwise unplaceable new numbers."

Track listing

Side one

Side two

• Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–10 on CD reissues.

Bonus tracks from 2001 CD re-release

Personnel

The Band

• Rick Danko – bass guitar, vocals
• Levon Helm – drums, vocals
• Garth Hudson – organ, synthesizers, saxophones, accordion, piccolo on "Islands"
• Richard Manuel – piano, electric piano, vocals
• Robbie Robertson – guitars, lead vocal on "Knockin' Lost John"

Additional musicians

• Jim Gordon – flute on "Islands"
• Tom Malone – trombone on "Islands"
• John Simon – alto saxophone on "Islands"
• Larry Packer – violin on "Islands"

Production

• Ed Anderson – engineering
• Neil Brody – engineering
• Rob Fraboni – engineering
• Nat Jeffrey – engineering

References

1. ^ Bauldie, John (March 5, 1991). "Review of Islands re-issue". Q. Vol. 84. p. 10.
2. Morris, Chris, Liner Notes to Islands CD release
3. Islands at AllMusic
4. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0-89919-026-X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
5. Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 72. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
6. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York, NY: Fireside. p. 42. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

• 1977 albums
• The Band albums
• Capitol Records albums
• Albums produced by Garth Hudson
• Albums produced by Levon Helm
• Albums produced by Richard Manuel
• Albums produced by Rick Danko
• Albums produced by Robbie Robertson
• Albums recorded at Shangri-La (recording studio)