Balin (album) explained

Balin
Type:studio
Artist:Marty Balin
Cover:BalinAlbum.jpg
Released:May 11, 1981
Recorded:December 1980 – March 1981
Studio:The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California); The Record Plant and White Rabbit Studios (Sausalito, California).
Genre:Rock
Label:EMI America
Producer:John Hug
Next Title:Lucky
Next Year:1983

Balin is Marty Balin's 1981 debut solo album. Two top-40 singles were released, "Hearts" (a U.S. #8 hit, and also his biggest as a solo artist) and "Atlanta Lady (Something About Your Love)" (U.S. #27). The album rose to #35 on the Billboard charts.

CD releases

Balin was released by American Beat on CD in 2008 and by EMI in 2009. Both editions featured the shorter, single version of "Hearts" rather than the longer album version.

In March 2013 BGO reissued the album along with the follow-up release Lucky on one CD. Mastered by Andrew Thompson the BGO edition is the only CD version that features the full-length album version of "Hearts".

In 2020, A&M alongside Universal Music Japan re-released the title as a part of the AOR Light Mellow 1000 series.

Charts

Singles[1]
YearSingleChartPosition
1981"Hearts"US Pop8
US AC9
US Rock20
"Atlanta Lady
(Something About Your Love)
"
US Pop27
US AC11

Personnel

Additional Personnel

Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marty Balin, Singles Chart Positions. November 24, 2016.