Along the Red Ledge

Along the Red Ledge
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 21, 1978
Recorded1978
Studio
GenrePop, rock
Length36:49
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerDavid Foster
Hall & Oates chronology
Livetime
(1978)
Along the Red Ledge
(1978)
X-Static
(1979)
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Christgau's Record GuideB
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Along the Red Ledge is the seventh studio album by American pop music duo Hall & Oates. The album was released on August 21, 1978, by RCA Records. The biggest hit from the album was "It's a Laugh" (U.S. #20, Canada #23). The follow-up single was "I Don't Wanna Lose You" (U.S. #42).

The album foreshadowed what was to come in a few years for the duo, as they shed their previous producer Christopher Bond and went with a more polished sound with David Foster. Along the Red Ledge was the first studio album on which Hall & Oates used their road band (previously they had relied heavily on session musicians), a trend they would carry through their heyday of the early 1980s.

Former Beatle George Harrison played guitar on the track "The Last Time". Other contributors to the album include Rick Nielsen of the band Cheap Trick and rock musician Todd Rundgren. Robert Fripp of King Crimson played on the track "Don't Blame It on Love".