''Airborne'' is the fifth
studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...
by the
country rock group
The Flying Burrito Brothers, released in 1976.
After the release of ''
Flying Again'' to abysmal reviews, bassist and founding member
Chris Ethridge left the band and was replaced by former
Byrds bassist
Skip Battin. This left
"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow as the only original member in the band. ''Airborne'' was the band's second and last album for Columbia Records, as the label would drop the Burritos due to the lack of commercial success just after this album's release.
Track listing
# "Out of Control" (
Gib Guilbeau,
Gene Parsons) – 3:52
# "Waitin' for Love to Begin" (
Pete Kleinow, Guilbeau) – 2:48
# "Toe Tappin' Music" (Guilbeau) – 3:18
# "Quiet Man" (
John Prine) – 3:51
# "Northbound Bus" (
Nickey Barclay) – 4:00
# "Big Bayou" (Guilbeau) – 3:31
# "Walk on the Water" (Guilbeau, Joel Scott Hill) – 3:30
# "Linda Lu" (
Ray Sharpe) – 3:07
# "Border Town" (Hill, Michael Lawson) – 3:46
# "She's a Sailor" (
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris (; Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th c ...
) – 5:02
# "Jesus Broke the Wild Horse" (Steven Glick, Dennis Krause) – 3:40
Personnel
;The Flying Burrito Brothers
*
"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow — pedal steel guitar
*
Skip Battin — vocals, guitar, bass
* Joel Scott Hill — vocals, guitar
*
Gib Guilbeau — vocals, guitar, mandolin, fiddle
*
Gene Parsons — vocals, drums, guitar, harmonica, banjo
;Additional personnel
* Luis Cabaza — piano
* Vabo — piano
* Jamie Faunt — bass
*
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris (; Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th c ...
— piano on "She's a Sailor"
* Warren "Bugs" Pemberton — drums
References
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Columbia Records albums