Fog on the Tyne

Fog on the Tyne is a 1971 album by English rock band Lindisfarne. Bob Johnston produced the album, which was recorded at Trident Studios in Soho, London, in the mid-1971 and released in October that year on Charisma Records in the United Kingdom and Elektra Records in the U.S..

Fog on the Tyne
Studio album by Lindisfarne
Released	October 1971[1]
Recorded	Summer 1971
Studio	Trident Studios, Soho, London
Genre	Folk rock[2]
Length	35:06
Label	Charisma Elektra
Producer	Bob Johnston
Lindisfarne chronology
Nicely Out of Tune (1970) Fog on the Tyne (1971) Dingly Dell (1972)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+[4]

It gave the group their breakthrough in the UK, topping the album charts early in 1972 for four weeks and remaining on the chart for 56 weeks in total. "Meet Me on the Corner", one of two songs written by bassist Rod Clements, reached No. 5 as a single. The title track became the band's signature tune. Simon Cowe made his debut as a writer, contributing the song "Uncle Sam".

Both tracks on the B-side of "Meet Me on the Corner", "Scotch Mist" (an instrumental), and "No Time To Lose", appeared as bonus tracks when the album was reissued on CD.

A heavily reworked version of the title track with vocals by footballer Paul Gascoigne was released in October 1990 under the title "Fog on the Tyne (Revisited)", credited to Gazza and Lindisfarne. It reached number two on the UK Singles Chart.^[5]

Reggae group The Pioneers recorded a version of "Alright on the Night" on their 1972 album I Believe in Love.

Track listing

1. "Meet Me on the Corner" (Rod Clements) – 2:38 lead vocals: Ray Jackson
2. "Alright on the Night" (Alan Hull) – 3:32 lead vocals: Alan Hull, Ray Jackson and Simon Cowe
3. "Uncle Sam" (Simon Cowe) – 2:55 lead vocals: Ray Jackson
4. "Together Forever" (Rab Noakes) – 2:34 lead vocals: Ray Jackson
5. "January Song" (Hull) – 4:13 lead vocals: Alan Hull
6. "Peter Brophy Don't Care" (Hull, Terry Morgan) – 2:47 lead vocals: Alan Hull
7. "City Song" (Hull) – 3:06 lead vocals: Alan Hull
8. "Passing Ghosts" (Hull) – 2:28 lead vocals: Alan Hull
9. "Train in G Major" (Clements) – 3:08 lead vocals: Ray Jackson
10. "Fog on the Tyne" (Hull) – 3:23 lead vocals: Alan Hull, Ray Jackson and Simon Cowe

Bonus Tracks on CD reissue:

1. "Scotch Mist" (Clements, Cowe, Hull, Ray Jackson, Ray Laidlaw) – 2:06
2. "No Time to Lose" (Hull) – 3:16

Charts

Chart (1972)	Peak position
UK (Official Charts Company)[6]	1
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7]	45
Canada (RPM)[8]	53

The album was the eighth bestselling album of 1972. In 1990, footballer Paul Gascoigne reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart with the song "Fog on the Tyne", a collaborative cover with Lindisfarne that earned him a gold disc.^[5]

Personnel

Lindisfarne

• Alan Hull - vocals, acoustic, electric and 12-string guitars, keyboards
• Ray Jackson - vocals, mandolin, harmonica
• Rod Clements - electric bass, acoustic, electric and 12-string guitars, violin
• Simon Cowe - lead, acoustic and 12-string guitars, mandolin, vocals
• Ray Laidlaw - drums

Technical

• Ken Scott - engineer
• Trevor Wiles and Franco Polsinelli - sleeve

References

1. Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography. New York: Canongate, 889.
2. Fielder, Hugh (19 September 2016). "The 10 Essential Folk Rock Albums". Classic Rock. TeamRock. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
3. Allmusic review
4. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: L". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 1 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
5. Gascoigne, Paul; Davies, Hunter (2004). Gazza: My Story. London: Headline Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-7118-6.
6. "Number 1 Albums – 1970s". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 178. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
8. "RPM Top 100 Albums - April 8, 1972" (PDF).

External links

• Meet Me On The Corner on YouTube