Walk a Fine Line is an album by Paul Anka, released in 1983.
Paul Albert Anka, OC (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor. Anka became famous in the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s with hit songs like “Diana”, “Lonely Boy”, “Put Your Head on My Shoulder”, and “(You’re) Having My Baby”. He wrote such well-known music as the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and one of Tom Jones’s biggest hits, “She’s a Lady”, as well as the English lyrics for Frank Sinatra’s signature song, “My Way” (originally the French song “Comme d’habitude”). He was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2005.
In 1983, he co-wrote the song “I Never Heard” with Michael Jackson. It was retitled and released in 2009 under the name “This Is It”.An additional song that Jackson co-wrote with Anka from this 1983 session, “Love Never Felt So Good”, was since discovered and was released on Jackson’s posthumous album Xscape in 2014. The song was also released by Johnny Mathis in 1984.
Tracks
1 Second Chance (David Foster, Michael McDonald, Paul Anka) 3:55
2 Hold Me Till The Morning Comes (David Foster, Paul Anka) 4:31
3 Darlin’ Darlin’ (David Foster, Jay Graydon, Paul Anka) 4:44
4 No Way Out (Michael McDonald, Paul Anka) 4:26
5 Walk A Fine Line (Michael McDonald, Paul Anka) 4:49
6 Take Me In Your Arms (David Foster, Paul Anka) 3:32
7 This Is The First Time (Paul Anka, Peter McCann) 4:23
8 Gimme The Word (David Foster, Jay Graydon, Paul Anka, Steve Kipner) 4:01
9 Golden Boy (Ben Benay, Don Walsh, Michael Price) 4:15
Musicians
1 Second Chance
Bass | Nathan East |
Drums | JR Robinson |
Guitar | Steve Lukather |
Guitar | Marty Walsh |
Keyboards | Bill Cuomo |
Keyboards | David Foster |
Keyboards | Michael McDonald |
Background Vocals | Michael McDonald |
2 Hold Me Till The Morning Comes
Drums | Mike Baird |
Guitar | Steve Lukather |
Guitar | Marty Walsh |
Synthesizer | David Foster |
Background Vocals | Peter Cetera |
3 Darlin’ Darlin’
Bass | Nathan East |
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Jay Graydon |
Keyboards | David Foster |
Keyboards | Michel Colombier |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Background Vocals | Kenny Loggins |
4 No Way Out
Bass | Leland Sklar |
Drums | Vinnie Colaiuta |
Guitar | Marty Walsh |
Keyboards | Bill Cuomo |
Keyboards | Michael McDonald |
Sax | Ernie Watts |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Background Vocals | Maureen McDonald |
Background Vocals | Michael McDonald |
5 Walk A Fine Line
Bass | Leland Sklar |
Drums | Vinnie Colaiuta |
Guitar | Marty Walsh |
Keyboards | Bill Cuomo |
Keyboards | Michael McDonald |
Background Vocals | Michael McDonald |
6 Take Me In Your Arms
Bass | Nathan East |
Drums | JR Robinson |
Guitar | Steve Lukather |
Guitar | Marty Walsh |
Keyboards | Bill Cuomo |
Keyboards | David Foster |
Keyboards | Michael McDonald |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Steve George |
7 This Is The First Time
Bass | Nathan East |
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Jay Graydon |
Keyboards | David Foster |
Keyboards | Michel Colombier |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Steve George |
8 Gimme The Word
Drums | Mike Baird |
Guitar | Jay Graydon |
Synthesizer | David Foster |
Vocals | Karla DeVito |
Background Vocals | Steve Kipner |
9 Golden Boy
Bass | Nathan East |
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Jay Graydon |
Keyboards | Michel Colombier |
Synthesizer | David Foster |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Liner Notes
Producer – Denny Diante
Producer (Assistant) – Seline Armbeck
Arranged by (Strings) – Jeremy Lubbock
Arranged by (Horns) – Jerry Hey
Coordination – Sarah Long
Engineer (Second) – Terry Christian, Bill Jackson & Peggy McCreary
Recorded By, Mixed By – Larry Hirsch
Recorded at Carmel Bay Recording Studio, Carmel, CA
Recorded at Sunset Sound, LA
Recorded at Paramount Recording Studios, LA,
Recorded at Devonshire Sound Studio,
Recorded at LA & Garden Rake Studio, LA, CA
Mixed at Sunset Sound Studio
Strings recorded at Ocean Way Studios, LA