All for a Song

All for a Song is a 1982 album by Barbara Dickson. The album was made up of mostly new recordings, but included four of her past hits.

All for a Song
Studio album by
Barbara Dickson
Released15 January 1982
Recorded1975 - 1981
GenrePop, MOR
LabelEpic
ProducerMike Batt, Alan Tarney, Barbara Dickson and others
Barbara Dickson chronology
You Know it's Me
(1981)		 All for a Song
(1982)		 Here We Go - Live on Tour
(1982)
Alternative cover
Original version of the album, released in Scotland and Ireland

Background

Following the success of her 1980 album, but relative failure of her next album, Epic Records decided to take no chances with this release and included four of her past hits on the collection and backed it up with a TV advertising campaign. This resulted in All for a Song becoming the most successful album of Dickson's career. The album peaked at No.3 in the UK and spent most of the year in the charts, eventually selling over 600,000 copies in the UK alone.[1]

Past singles included on the album were "Answer Me", "Another Suitcase in Another Hall", "Caravan Song" and "January February", while contemporary singles released from the album were "Run Like the Wind", "Take Good Care" and "I Believe in You".[2] This was the first album to include "Caravan Song", which had been released in 1979 and was one of Dickson's most well-known songs. "Run Like the Wind" had originally been written by Mike Batt for the film Watership Down, but was replaced by "Bright Eyes".[3]

The album cover proved to be a problem when, on doing research, the record company decided that cover photographs with a lot of blue did not tend to sell well and despite the fact that the album sleeves had already been printed, they were rejected in favour of an alternative shot with warmer shades (see illustrations, right). The rejected covers were instead sold in Scotland and Ireland.[4]

The album was largely recorded in the Netherlands with producer Mike Batt.[5] Alan Tarney, the producer of her previous two albums was only used on one new track, while Dickson herself produced covers of The Beatles tracks, "The Long and Winding Road" and "With a Little Help from My Friends".

All for a Song was released twice in the Netherlands under different titles, first as I Believe in You and shortly after as Run Like the Wind.[6] The latter reached No.42 in the Dutch album charts.[7] To date, the album has never been released on Compact disc, although many of the tracks have appeared on compilations.[8]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Run Like the Wind" (Mike Batt)
  2. "Caravan Song" (Mike Batt)
  3. "Answer Me" (Gerhard Winkler, Fred Rauch, Carl Sigman)
  4. "The Long and Winding Road" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
  5. "Tonight" (Dickson)
  6. "With A Little Help From My Friends" (Lennon, McCartney)

Side Two

  1. "January February" (Alan Tarney)
  2. "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King)
  3. "Take Good Care" (Paul Bliss)
  4. "I Believe in You" (Dickson)
  5. "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice)
  6. "Surrender to the Sun" (Mike Batt)

Personnel

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References
  1. Official Charts Company - All for a Song UK Chart details
    - UK Webwonders - Barbara Dickson (1982) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Barbara Dickson.net - All for a Song album page
  3. "UK webwonders - Barbara Dickson - 1982". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
  4. RTÉ Guide album review, February 1982 - Irish release
    - Official website - Scottish release
  5. Mike Batt timeline (1981)
  6. Official website - I Believe in You album
  7. Swedish charts.com - Run Like the Wind album
  8. "Barbara Dickson questions and answers". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
  9. Discogs.com - All for a Song album info
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