Walking a Changing Line
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| Walking a Changing Line | ||||
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Genre | New age, folk, pop | |||
| Label | Windham Hill | |||
| Producer | Mark Hallman, Iain Matthews | |||
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Walking a Changing Line is an album by the English musician Iain Matthews, released in 1988.[1][2] All of its songs were written by the American musician Jules Shear. Walking a Changing Line was the first album that included vocals to be released by Windham Hill Records.[3] Matthews supported it with a North American tour.[4] He considered Walking a Changing Line to be a combination of new age, folk, and pop.[5]
The album was produced by Mark Hallman and Matthews.[6] Matthews's girlfriend had encouraged him to think about highlighting the work of Shear.[7] After reviewing around 120 Shear songs, Matthews made a list of 30 to consider, and then, with Hallman, chose 12 for the CD release.[7] Van Dyke Parks composed the music for "Only a Motion"; Osamu Kitajima (who played a koto), Fred Simon, and Patrick O'Hearn were among the musicians who worked on other tracks.[8][9] "Alive Alone" is a duet with the American musician Eliza Gilkyson.[10] "On Squirrel Hill" is about a man seeking comfort by returning to a familiar place from his past.[11]
