Walking on Sunshine (Eddy Grant album)

Walking on Sunshine is a 1978 album by reggae and soca artist Eddy Grant on the Parlophone music label. It was the follow-up to his 1977 album Message Man. It features the hit singles, 'Living On The Front Line' and the title track. The former introduced Grant to the mainstream in the UK in 1979, peaking at number 11 in the charts while the latter was Grant's debut in the lower reaches of the US R&B charts (#86).

Walking on Sunshine
Studio album by
Eddy Grant
Released1978
Recorded1978
StudioThe Coach House Recording Studio, Stamford Hill, London
Genre
Length41:53
LabelIce Records
Epic/CBS Records
JE 36244
Mercury/Universal Records
Parlophone/EMI Records
ProducerEddy Grant
Eddy Grant chronology
Message Man
(1977)		 Walking on Sunshine
(1978)		 Love in Exile
(1980)
Alternative Cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Christgau's Record GuideB–[4]

The title track was covered in 1982 by Rocker's Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin, reaching number one in the USA dance charts and number four in the UK Singles Chart in September that year.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Eddy Grant

  1. "Walking on Sunshine" – 5:22
  2. "Living on the Front Line" – 5:57
  3. "Front Line Symphony" – 7:23
  4. "My Love, My Love" – 4:35
  5. "Just Imagine I'm Loving You" – 6:35
  6. "Dancing in Guyana" – 3:21
  7. "Say I Love You" – 3:55
  8. "We Are" – 4:42

Bonus tracks on deluxe version
  1. "Say I Love You" (Disco Version) – 6:04
  2. "Nobody's Got Time (Coach House Rhythm Section Pts. 1 & 2)" [Ice Single Version 1978] – 6:04
  3. "Say I Love You (Wipe Mo Nfe E)" [Yoruba Version] – 15:37

Personnel
  • Eddy Grant - vocals, multiple instruments, backing vocals, engineer
  • Frank Agarrat, Jackie Mills, Pete Walters, Ron Telemaque, Roy Marshall – engineers
  • Jackie Robinson – background vocals
  • Kofi Ayivor – conga
  • Sonny Akpan – conga
  • George Agard – background vocals
  • Conrad Isidore – drums, background vocals
  • Roy Bedeau – background vocals
  • Hughes Edmonds – piano on "Just Imagine I'm Loving You"

References
  1. Reggae & Caribbean Music by Dave Thompson. Page 113
  2. Billboard: October 6, 1979
  3. Walking on Sunshine at AllMusic
  4. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
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