Island in the Sea

Island in the Sea is the thirty-fifth studio album by country singer Willie Nelson. The album contains two singles: the title track and "Nobody There but Me", which respectively reached No. 27 and No. 82 on the Hot Country Songs charts.[1]

Island in the Sea
Studio album by
Willie Nelson
Released1987
GenreCountry
LabelColumbia
Producer
Willie Nelson chronology
Partners
(1986)		 Island in the Sea
(1987)		 Seashores of Old Mexico
(1987)

The book Willie Nelson: The Outlaw cites the album as "a laid-back slice of old-time textures, including Hawaiian music, yodeling, folk, and country, with four [sic] overproduced tracks by Booker T. Jones tacked on at the end."[2]

Track listing
  1. "Island in the Sea" (W. Nelson) - 2:19
  2. "Wake Me When It's Over" (W. Nelson) - 3:17
  3. "Little Things" (W. Nelson, Shirley Collie Nelson) - 4:23
  4. "The Last Thing on My Mind" (Tom Paxton) - 5:17
  5. "There Is No Easy Way (But There Is a Way)" (W. Nelson) - 2:32
  6. "Nobody There But Me" (Bruce Hornsby, John Hornsby, Charlie Haden) - 2:47
  7. "Cold November Wind" (Phyllis Horne) - 4:18
  8. "Women Who Love Too Much" (Booker T. Jones, Waylon Jennings) - 4:45
  9. "All in the Name of Love" (Jones, Jennings) - 4:59
  10. "Sky Train" (Jones, Jennings) - 2:39

Personnel

Compiled from Island in the Sea liner notes.[3]

Musicians
On "Nobody There but Me"
Technical
  • Bobby Arnold - engineering
  • Larry Greenhill - engineering
  • Booker T. Jones - production (tracks 8-10), engineering
  • Grady Martin - production (track 7)
  • Willie Nelson - production (tracks 1-6)
  • Denny Purcell - mastering
  • Glenn Rieuf - engineering
  • Chip Young - engineering

Chart performance
Chart (1987) Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 14

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2012). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.
  2. Thomson, Graeme (31 July 2012). Willie Nelson: The Outlaw. ISBN 9781448133413.
  3. Island in the Sea (CD insert). Willie Nelson. Columbia Records. 1987. 40487.CS1 maint: others (link)


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