Guardian Angel (album)

Guardian Angel is the sixteenth rock album by British instrumental (and sometimes vocal) group The Shadows, released in November 1984 through Polydor Records.

Guardian Angel
Studio album by
The Shadows
ReleasedNovember 1984 (1984-11)
GenreRock
LabelPolydor
ProducerThe Shadows Stuart Coleman
The Shadows chronology
XXV
(1983)		 Guardian Angel
(1984)		 Moonlight Shadows
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Release

Guardian Angel was the group's first album to be released on LP and CD simultaneously and only the group's second CD release. It had the distinction of being the group's only 1980s album to contain mostly original material, except for one track. The album and its single, "On A Night Like This" were not promoted strongly by Polydor and the album failed in commercial terms, spending one week at number 98 in the UK album chart.[2] Only two tracks from this album became part of The Shadows' live repertoire, during the January to March 1985 "down-under" tour in Australia and New Zealand; the two tracks being "How Do I Love Thee" and "Hammerhead".

The album was reissued on CD in December 1998 on the now defunct See for Miles Records label and added eight tracks, two of which had never been issued on CD before.

Track listing

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Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."How Do I Love Thee"Eddie Philips3:09
2."Hammerhead"Dick Plant4:04
3."The Saturday Western"Tim Renwick3:37
4."Look Back on Love"Brian Bennett4:30
5."Johnny Staccato"Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Bennett3:53
6."I Will Return"Philip Cordell3:12
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."(I'm Gonna Be Your) Guardian Angel" (Lead vocal by Hank Marvin)Kevin Fitzpatrick5:52
2."Can't Play Your Game" (Lead vocal by Hank Marvin)Wilkinson, Anthony Wimshurst3:54
3."On A Night Like This" (Lead vocal by Bruce Welch)John David3:50
4."Turning Point"Marvin, Welch, Bennett4:48
5."Our Albert"Marvin, Bennett2:51

Personnel
  • Hank Marvin - Lead Guitar & Vocals
  • Bruce Welch - Rhythm Guitar & Vocals
  • Brian Bennett - Drums & Percussion
  • Cliff Hall - Keyboards
  • Alan Jones - Bass Guitar
  • Tony Rivers - Vocal Help

References
  1. Thompson, Dave. Guardian Angel at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  2. Record Mirror magazine, Morgan-Grampian 1984.
  3. "Shadows, The - Guardian Angel (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
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