''Songwriter'' is the debut solo album by Justin Hayward released in February 1977. It was later rereleased on CD in 1987 with two bonus tracks, "Marie" (originally released as a single in 1979) and "Learning the Game" (a previously unreleased track, written by

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). The album was released again on

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in April 2004 with the additional bonus tracks "Wrong Time, Right Place" and "Heart of Steel" (the B-side of the "Marie" single).

Original track listing

All songs were written by Justin Hayward, except where noted.

Side one

# "Tightrope" - 4:49 # "Songwriter Part 1" - 3:33 # "Songwriter Part 2" - 2:34 # "Country Girl" - 4:02 # "One Lonely Room" - 5:21

Side two

# "Lay It on Me" - 2:56 # "Stage Door" - 5:11 # "Raised on Love" - 3:13 # "Doin' Time" - 4:22 # "Nostradamus" - 6:34

1987 CD bonus tracks

"Marie" - 3:45
"Learning The Game" (
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) - 2:12

2004 Expanded edition tracks (UK)

"Wrong Time, Right Place" - 2:36
"Marie" - 3:53
"Heart Of Steel" - 3:26
"Learning The Game" (Buddy Holly) - 2:12

Personnel

*Justin Hayward - Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Drums, Bass, Violin, Cello, Flute, Tambourine *Jim Cockey - Violin *Tom Tompkins - Viola *Tim Tompkins - Cello *

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- Bass *Terry Rowley - Guitar * Dave Holland - Drums * Clem Cattini - Drums * Ken Freeman - Keyboards *Doremi Hayward - Backing Vocals on "Raised on Love" * Peter Knight - Strings arranger, conductor All songs written by Justin Hayward, except track 14

Produced by

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, except tracks 11, 12, & 13 produced by Justin Hayward, and tracks 14 produced by Martin Wyatt Strings on "One Lonely Room" and "Stage Door" by Peter Knight Engineered By

, Derek Varnals and Dave Baker at Threshold, London
Mixdown engineer: Gary Ladinkski at Westlake, L.A.
Assistant Engineer: Dean Rod Mastering:

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at Sterling Sound

Charts

References

1977 debut albums Justin Hayward albums Albums conducted by Peter Knight (composer) Albums produced by Tony Clarke (producer) Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis Deram Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub