1983 Paul Anka – Walk A Fine Line

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
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

BassNathan East
DrumsJR Robinson
GuitarSteve Lukather
GuitarMarty Walsh
KeyboardsBill Cuomo
KeyboardsDavid Foster
KeyboardsMichael McDonald
Background VocalsMichael McDonald


2 Hold Me Till The Morning Comes

DrumsMike Baird
GuitarSteve Lukather
GuitarMarty Walsh
SynthesizerDavid Foster
Background VocalsPeter Cetera


3 Darlin’ Darlin’

BassNathan East
DrumsJeffrey Porcaro
GuitarJay Graydon
KeyboardsDavid Foster
KeyboardsMichel Colombier
PercussionPaulinho Da Costa
Background VocalsKenny Loggins


4 No Way Out

BassLeland Sklar
DrumsVinnie Colaiuta
GuitarMarty Walsh
KeyboardsBill Cuomo
KeyboardsMichael McDonald
SaxErnie Watts
PercussionPaulinho Da Costa
Background VocalsMaureen McDonald
Background VocalsMichael McDonald


5 Walk A Fine Line

BassLeland Sklar
DrumsVinnie Colaiuta
GuitarMarty Walsh
KeyboardsBill Cuomo
KeyboardsMichael McDonald
Background VocalsMichael McDonald


6 Take Me In Your Arms

BassNathan East
DrumsJR Robinson
GuitarSteve Lukather
GuitarMarty Walsh
KeyboardsBill Cuomo
KeyboardsDavid Foster
KeyboardsMichael McDonald
Background VocalsRichard Page
Background VocalsSteve George


7 This Is The First Time

BassNathan East
DrumsJeffrey Porcaro
GuitarJay Graydon
KeyboardsDavid Foster
KeyboardsMichel Colombier
PercussionPaulinho Da Costa
Background VocalsRichard Page
Background VocalsSteve George


8 Gimme The Word

DrumsMike Baird
GuitarJay Graydon
SynthesizerDavid Foster
VocalsKarla DeVito
Background VocalsSteve Kipner


9 Golden Boy

BassNathan East
DrumsJeffrey Porcaro
GuitarJay Graydon
KeyboardsMichel Colombier
SynthesizerDavid Foster
PercussionPaulinho 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