Robbie Robertson (1987)

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Title: Robbie Robertson
Artist: Robbie Robertson
Genre: Rock
Released: 1987

Tracks:
1 - Fallen Angel - 5:54
2 - Showdown at Big Sky - 4:49
3 - Broken Arrow - 5:25
4 - Sweet Fire of Love - 5:20
5 - American Roulette - 4:57
6 - Somewhere Down the Crazy River - 4:56 -
7 - Hell's Half Acre - 4:25
8 - Sonny Got Caught in the Moonlight - 3:53
9 - Testimony - 4:54
10 - Christmas Must Be Tonight - 4:53
11 - Testimony (Edited 12" remix) - 6:33

Overview:
Robbie Robertson is the solo debut album by Canadian rock musician Robbie Robertson, released in 1987. Though Robertson has been a professional musician since the late 1950s, notably a founder of and primary songwriter for The Band, this was his first proper solo album. Robbie Robertson won the Juno Award for "Album of the Year", and producers Daniel Lanois and Robertson won the "Producer of the Year" Juno award, both in 1989; there were no Juno Awards in 1988.

The album includes contributions from Rick Danko and Garth Hudson of The Band, as well as U2 and Peter Gabriel, both of whom had worked with Lanois. U2 was recording The Joshua Tree concurrent to the early stages of this album, and Gabriel had recorded So the previous year. U2's contributions are heard in the song "Sweet Fire of Love", a duet of sorts between Robertson and U2 lead singer Bono, and in "Testimony" again featuring backing by U2. Gabriel's contributions are heard on the song "Fallen Angel", which was dedicated to Richard Manuel, Robertson's former bandmate in the Band, and "Broken Arrow", which reverberates with Gabriel's signature Yamaha CP-80 electric piano. In addition, Tony Levin and Manu Katché, who were recording with Gabriel, are featured prominently on this record.

In 2005 the album was reissued together with its follow-up, Storyville, as two-CD set, in an expanded edition, both with two bonus tracks.
Music information in first post provided by The AudioDB
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