''The Lines Are Open'' is the second and final album by The Arrows released in 1985. Producer

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was again nominated for the

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", for his work on this album. The album title is a line from the last song titled "Hampton Avenue". Overall, the album has a more serious tone than the previous one and musically it features a number of tracks with a horn section. This would be the last album from The Arrows - lead vocalist and songwriter Dean McTaggart would go on to write hit songs for other artists including

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Track listing

#"Heart of the City" (McTaggart/Mosby) #"Talk Talk" (McTaggart/Tyson) #"Bad Reputation" (McTaggart/Tyson) #"Tell It to My Heart" (McTaggart) #"Wild One" (McTaggart) #"I Told You So" (McTaggart/Tyson) #"Chains" (McTaggart/Tyson) #"I Can't Let Go" (McTaggart/Gusevs/Tyson) #"Hampton Avenue" (McTaggart/Tyson)

Singles

The following Canadian singles were released from the album: * "Talk Talk" (#47, December 1985) * "Heart of the City" (#57, March 1986) * "Chains" (#93, May 1986)

Album credits

Personnel

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- vocals, background vocals * Doug Macaskill - guitars * Rob Gusevs - keyboards * Earl Seymour - saxophones, steiner woodwind synthesizer * Bobby Economou - drums * Glenn Olive - bass guitar * Rick Waychenko - trumpet * Steve McDade - trumpet * Vernon Dorge - alto saxophone *

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- percussion *

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- emulator programming *Sharon Lee Williams - background vocals *

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- background vocals *

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- background vocals *David Blamires - background vocals *

- background vocals *Paul Shubat - assistant engineer

Production

*David Tyson - producer, arrangement *The Arrows - arrangement * Lindsay Kidd - engineer *

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- mixing engineer, at Little Mountain Sound,

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*Larry Alexander - mixing engineer on "Talk Talk", at The Power Station,

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- executive producer *

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and Dimo Safari - art direction and photography {{DEFAULTSORT:Lines Are Open, The 1985 albums