''Vertical Smiles'' is the seventh studio album by

Southern rock Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music and a genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues and is focused generally on electric guitars and vocals. Author Scott B. Bomar specula ...

band Blackfoot. It is the second and last album to feature former Uriah Heep keyboardist

Ken Hensley Kenneth William David Hensley (24 August 1945 – 4 November 2020) was an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, best known for his work with Uriah Heep during the 1970s. He wrote or co-wrote the majority of Uriah ...

and the first without guitarist Charlie Hargrett who left during the recording of the album over disagreements with the rest of the band and management.

Track listing

;Side one # "

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Bonnie Dobson Bonnie Dobson (born November 13, 1940, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)"Bonnie Dobson"< ...

cover) - 5:27 # "Living in the Limelight" (

Peter Cetera Peter Paul Cetera ( ; born September 13, 1944) is an American retired musician best known for being a lead vocalist and the bassist of the rock band Chicago from 1967 until his departure in 1985, before launching a successful solo career. His ...

cover) - 4:02 # "Ride with You" - 3:33 # "Get It On" - 4:29 ;Side two # "Young Girl" - 4:24 # "Summer Days" - 3:19 # "A Legend Never Dies" (RPM cover) - 3:03 # "Heartbeat and Heels" - 3:15 # "In for the Kill" - 3:50

Personnel

Rickey Medlocke Rickey Medlocke (born February 17, 1950) is an American musician, best known as the frontman/guitarist for the Southern rock band Blackfoot and a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd. During his first stint with Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1971 to 1972, he played d ...

- lead and rhythm guitars, lead and backing vocals, guitar synthesizer *

- keyboards, backing vocals * Greg T. Walker - bass, backing vocals * Jakson Spires - drums, backing vocals, percussion * Sherri Jarrel - backing vocals Production * Engineered by

Eddy Offord Eddy Offord (born 20 February 1943) is a retired English record producer and audio engineer who gained prominence in the 1970s for his work on albums by the progressive rock bands Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Yes. Life and career Offord studied phys ...

at Eddy Offord Studios, Atlanta, Georgia * Mixed by Eddy Offord and Rick Medlocke *Mastered at Atlantic Studios by Dennis King *Front cover photography: Gary Heery, Bob Defrin *Art Direction: Bob Defrin *Produced by Al Nalli and Eddy Offord for Al Nalli Productions, INC.

References

1975 albums Blackfoot (band) albums Albums produced by Eddy Offord {{1970s-rock-album-stub