Lindisfarne - Amigos (1988)

Chums, comrades, brothers, cronies, pals, mates, cobbers, buddies, chaps, friends, boon companions, fellow travellers, soul mates, kindred spirits, bearties, AMIGOS. Of course, as usual, the title was the last thing to be decided upon, but in retrospect it is SO apt. Because that above all else is what this latest Lindisfarne album is. A bunch of mates making music together because that's what they do best and what gives them, and hopefully you a great deal of pleasure. The simple things are always the best.
It all started one drizzly February afternoon in the Cygne Nero off the Via Lazzaro Papi in Milan. Six Amigos sitting round a table sipping Dos Equus beer and tossing ideas around for a new studio album to be released before Christmas.
Maybe it was the fact that we were in foreign parts, maybe it was the time of year, maybe it was the beer but through the mist emerged a simple idea. Let's return to our roots. Let's go back to the essentials and make a record for US and the thousands of solid supporters we have back in England. In other words let's record an album of songs. Songs we can happily play on stage without any gimmicks. Songs that will involve the audience. Songs that anybody can sing and everybody can remember. Remember them ? Songs ! The first three L.P.s were packed with them. Back and Fourth had its fair share and the others a smattering. O.K. Lets pack the record with belters.
Once the idea had sunk in and everybody was charged up with it, the time scale of the task began to dawn on us. A September release would mean getting into the studios in March, ready to record the first belter. Anybody got any songs ? Whoever said that neccessity is the mother of invention was dead right and it's true that at certain times, pressure is very good for concentrating the mind. So from that drizzly afternoon surrounded by all things lation to the comfort of your own stereo system, here is AMIGOS - the best thing Lindisfarne have done for yonks.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Lindisfarne - One World (3:58)
1.02 - Lindisfarne - Everything Changes (3:13)
1.03 - Lindisfarne - Working for the Man (3:43)
1.04 - Lindisfarne - Roll On That Day (4:27)
1.05 - Lindisfarne - You're the One (3:35)
1.06 - Lindisfarne - Wish You Were Here (3:50)
1.07 - Lindisfarne - Do It Like This (3:23)
1.08 - Lindisfarne - Any Way the Wind Blows (4:20)
1.09 - Lindisfarne - Strange Affair (3:20)
1.10 - Lindisfarne - When the Night Comes Down (5:55)
1.11 - Lindisfarne - Don't Say Goodnight (3:36)
1.12 - Lindisfarne - Another World (2:27)