The Visitor (Mick Fleetwood album)

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The Visitor
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Studio album by
Mick Fleetwood
ReleasedJune 1981[1]
RecordedGhana, Africa - January–February 1981
GenreRock
LabelRCA Records
ProducerMick Fleetwood, Richard Dashut
Mick Fleetwood chronology
The Visitor
(1981) 		I'm Not Me
(1983)

The Visitor is an album by Mick Fleetwood, released by RCA Records in 1981. All the songs were recorded in Accra, Ghana between January and February 1981 at the "Ghana Film Industries, Inc. Studio" and produced by Richard Dashut, and were later mixed in various studios in England.

Two of the tracks were covers of Fleetwood Mac songs: "Rattlesnake Shake" was originally recorded for the 1969 album Then Play On, and "Walk a Thin Line" first appeared on the 1979 album Tusk. Peter Green sang lead vocals and played lead guitar on "Rattlesnake Shake", and was credited as Peter Greenbaum. George Harrison appeared on "Walk a Thin Line".

The album has been re-released several times, most recently with a US CD release by Wounded Bird Records on October 18, 2011.

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rattlesnake Shake"Peter Green3:49
2."You Weren't in Love"Billy Field3:55
3."O' Niamali"Nii Amartey2:47
4."Super Brains"A. B. Crentsil4:07
5."Don't Be Sorry, Just Be Happy"Todd Sharp4:24
6."Walk a Thin Line"Lindsey Buckingham3:19
7."Not Fade Away"Charles Hardin, Norman Petty2:22
8."Cassiopeia Surrender"George Hawkins4:34
9."The Visitor"C. K. Ganjo4:05
10."Amelle (Come on Show Me Your Heart)"Nii Amartey4:35

Charts[]

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) 80[2]
US Billboard 200[3] 43

Personnel[]

Guest Musicians
  • Peter Green – lead guitar and lead vocals on "Rattlesnake Shake", theme guitar on "Super Brains"
  • George Harrison – slide guitar, 12-string guitar and backing vocals on "Walk a Thin Line"
  • Ian Bairnson – lead guitar on "Not Fade Away", rhythm guitar on "Cassiopeia Surrender"
  • Richard Dashut – additional percussion on "Rattlenake Shake"
  • Sara Fleetwood – backing vocals on "Walk a Thin Line"
  • Mike Moran – Prophet 5 synthesizer on "The Visitor"
  • Andrew Powell – string arrangement on "Rattlesnake Shake" and "You Weren't in Love"

Credits[]

  • Executive producer – Mickey Shapiro
  • Produced by Mick Fleetwood and Richard Dashut
  • Engineered by Bill Youdelman, Randy Ezratty, and Richard Dashut

References[]

  1. ^ Martin E. Adelson. "The Visitor - Mick Fleetwood". Discog.fleetwoodmac.net. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 114. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Mick Fleetwood's Zoo". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-05-25.

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