Full Sail (Loggins and Messina album)

Full Sail
Studio album by Loggins and Messina
Released	October 1973
Recorded	Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles
Genre	rock, pop
Length	42:37
Label	Columbia, Direct Disc Labs (Audiophile LP), Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (Gold Disc CD), Audio Fidelity (Multi-channel SACD)
Producer	Jim Messina
Loggins and Messina chronology
Loggins and Messina (1972) Full Sail (1973) On Stage (1974)

Full Sail is the third album by singer/songwriter duo Loggins and Messina, released in 1973. It showed the versatility of the duo, with everything from 1950s retro to island-style to soft ballads. The single "My Music" charted at #16, and the follow-up, "Watching the River Run", made it to #71. The album as a whole did better, reaching #10 on the Pop Charts.

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Track listing

Side one

1. "Lahaina" (Jim Messina) – 2:32 (lead singer: Jim Messina)
2. "Travelin' Blues" (Messina) – 3:44 (lead singer: Jim Messina)
3. "My Music" (Kenny Loggins, Messina) – 3:04 (lead singer: Jim Messina)
4. "A Love Song" (Loggins, Dona Lyn George) – 3:11 (lead singer: Kenny Loggins)
5. "You Need a Man/Coming to You" (Messina) – 5:22/3:48 (No track split) (lead singers: Kenny Loggins [You Need a Man]/Jim Messina [Coming to You])

Side two

1. "Watching the River Run" (Messina, Loggins) – 3:27 (lead singers: Kenny Loggins, Jim Messina)
2. "Pathway to Glory" (Messina) – 8:37 (lead singer: Jim Messina)
3. "Didn't I Know You When" (Loggins, Michael Omartian) – 2:40 (lead singer: Kenny Loggins)
4. "Sailin' the Wind" (Loggins, Dann Lottermoser) – 6:09 (lead singer: Kenny Loggins)

Personnel

• Kenny Loggins - vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica
• Jim Messina - vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin

Loggins & Messina band

• Jon Clarke - oboe, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, alto flute, bass flute, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, English horn
• Al Garth - violin, bass clarinet, recorder, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Larry Sims - bass, backing vocals
• Merel Bregante - drums, timbales, backing vocals

Sidemen

• Michael Omartian - piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ, tack piano, Lowrey organ, Moog synthesizer, Fender Rhodes electric piano
• Vince Charles - steel drums
• Milt Holland - percussion

Production

• Recorded at Wally Heiders, Studio 4, Hollywood
• Producer: Jim Messina
• Photography: Ed Caraeff
• Art Direction: Ron Coro
• Illustrations: Joe Garnett
• Engineers: Jim Messina, Alex Kazanegras
• Quadraphonic Mix: Larry Keys, Alex Kazanegras
• Quadraphonic Mix Supervision: Al Lawrence, Alex Kazanegras

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)