''The Visitor'' is an album by

Mick Fleetwood Michael John Kells Fleetwood (born 24 June 1947) is a British musician, songwriter and occasional actor. He is best known as the drummer, co-founder, and leader of the rock band Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood, whose surname was merged with that of t ...

, released by

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in 1981. All the songs were recorded in Accra,

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between January and February 1981 at the "Ghana Film Industries, Inc. Studio" and produced by Richard Dashut, and were later mixed in various studios in England. Two of the tracks were covers of Fleetwood Mac songs: "

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" was originally recorded for the 1969 album ''

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'', and " Walk a Thin Line" first appeared on the 1979 album ''

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''. Peter Green sang lead vocals and played lead guitar on "Rattlesnake Shake", and was credited as Peter Greenbaum. George Harrison appeared on "Walk a Thin Line". The album has been re-released several times, most recently with a US CD release by Wounded Bird Records on October 18, 2011. George Hawkins, who performs most of the lead vocals on this album, later appeared on the ''I’m Not Me'' album from 1983 as a member and co-lead vocalist of Mick Fleetwood’s Zoo.

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

– drums,

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; water gong on "Don't Be Sorry, Just Be Happy" *George Hawkins –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

, organ;

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

on "Walk a Thin Line" * Todd Sharp –

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featu ...

, rhythm guitar *Lord Tiki – hand drums *Ebaali Gbiko – hand drums, backing vocals *Accra Roman Catholic Choir – backing vocals *Superbrains – percussion *Adjo Group – vocals, percussion *The Ghana Folkloric Group – vocals, percussion ;Guest Musicians * Peter Green – lead guitar and lead vocals on "Rattlesnake Shake", theme guitar on "Super Brains" * George Harrison – slide guitar,

12-string guitar A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar. Typically, the strings of the lower four courses are tuned in o ...

and

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are ...

on "Walk a Thin Line" *

Ian Bairnson Ian Bairnson (born 3 August 1953 as ''John Bairnson'') is a Scottish musician, best known for being one of the core members of The Alan Parsons Project. He is a multi-instrumentalist, who has played saxophone and keyboards, although he is best ...

– lead guitar on "Not Fade Away", rhythm guitar on "Cassiopeia Surrender" * Richard Dashut – additional percussion on "Rattlenake Shake" *Sara Fleetwood – backing vocals on "Walk a Thin Line" * Mike Moran – Prophet 5 synthesizer on "The Visitor" * Andrew Powell – string arrangement on "Rattlesnake Shake" and "You Weren't in Love"

Credits

*Executive producer – Mickey Shapiro *Produced by

and Richard Dashut *Engineered by Bill Youdelman, Randy Ezratty, and Richard Dashut

References

External links

Entry at Fleetwoodmac.netEntry at Discogs.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Visitor Mick Fleetwood albums 1981 debut albums RCA Records albums Albums produced by Mick Fleetwood Albums produced by Richard Dashut Song recordings produced by Richard Dashut