Line-Up (album)

Line-Up
Line-Up
Studio album by Graham Bonnet
Released	October 1981
Studio	Red Bus, Marquee Studios, The Glade, RAK Studios, RAMP Studios, Roundhouse Studios, London, UK
Genre	Rock
Length	38:13
Label	Vertigo
Producer	John Eden, Francis Rossi
Graham Bonnet chronology
Singles from Line-Up
	"Night Games"; Released: 6 March 1981; "Liar"; Released: 5 June 1981; "That's the Way That It Is"; Released: 2 October 1981;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10^[6]

Line-Up is the third album released by English singer, Graham Bonnet, formerly of Rainbow. The album made extensive use of backing musicians and writers who, at the time, belonged to the bands Whitesnake and Status Quo.

Track listing

Side one

"Night Games" (Ed Hamilton) – 4:38
"S.O.S." (Ballard) – 3:12
"I'm a Lover" (David Kerr-Clemenson, Andrew Martin Locke) – 3:46
"Be My Baby" (Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich) – 3:03
"That's the Way That It Is" (Paul Bliss) – 3:18

Side two

"Liar" (Russ Ballard) – 3:04
"Anthony Boy" (Chuck Berry) – 3:28
"Dirty Hand" (Bob Young, Micky Moody) – 3:40
"Out on the Water" (Young, Moody) – 3:40
"Don't Stand in the Open" (Young, Moody) – 3:25
"Set Me Free" (Ray Davies) – 4:19

CD Bonus Tracks

"Don't Tell Me to Go (b-side)" (Young, Moody, Markee)
"Bad Days Are Gone (b-side)" (Young, Moody)
"Night Games (single edit)" (Hamilton)
"Out on the Water (single edit)" (Young, Moody)

Personnel

Musicians

Graham Bonnet – lead and backing vocals
Micky Moody – lead guitar, acoustic guitar on track 1
Francis Rossi – synthesizer in track 1, rhythm guitar and backing vocals on track 9, producer on tracks 1 and 9
Russ Ballard - guitar on track 2
Kirby Gregory - guitar on tracks 2 and 4
Rick Parfitt - guitar on track 7
Gary Twigg - bass
Chris Stewart - bass on tracks 2, 3, 5
Neil Murray – bass on track 9
Adrian Lee - synthesizer on tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, keyboards on track 10
Ian Lynn - synthesizer on tracks 7 and 9, electric piano on track 7
John Cook - keyboards on track 8
Andy Bown - piano on track 1 and 9, organ on track 1
Jon Lord – organ on track 5
Cozy Powell – drums, percussion
Martin Ditcham - percussion on track 10
Mel Collins - saxophone on track 2

Production

John Eden - producer, engineer
Arun Chakraverty - mastering

References

^ Popoff, Martin (2018). The Deep Purple Family, vol 2 (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-908724-87-8.
^ "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 7 March 1981. p. 24. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^ "Music Week" (PDF).
^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 30.
^ Unterberger, Richie. "Graham Bonnet - Line Up review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 978-1894959315.

[1] Popoff, Martin (2018). The Deep Purple Family, vol 2 (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-908724-87-8.

[2] "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 7 March 1981. p. 24. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

[3] "Music Week" (PDF).

[4] "Music Week" (PDF). p. 30.

[5] Unterberger, Richie. "Graham Bonnet - Line Up review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 8 January 2017.

[martin-6] Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 978-1894959315.

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