Breakaway (Gallagher and Lyle album) explained

Breakaway
Type:	studio
Artist:	Gallagher and Lyle
Cover:	Breakaway (Gallagher and Lyle album).jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	February 1976
Genre:	Rock
Label:	A&M
Producer:	David Kershenbaum
Prev Title:	The Last Cowboy
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Love on the Airwaves
Next Year:	1977

Breakaway is the fifth studio album by Scottish duo Gallagher and Lyle. The title track became a hit for Art Garfunkel, and "I Wanna Stay with You" was a U.S. Pop (#49) hit, U.S. AC (#27) hit and it reached number 6 in United Kingdom.^[1] A second hit from the album, "Heart on My Sleeve," also charted in both Canada and the U.S., reaching the Top 20 on the U.S. Easy Listening chart, number six in the United Kingdom and number 2 in the Irish charts.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle

1. "Breakaway" – 4:05
2. "Stay Young" – 3:41
3. "I Wanna Stay with You" – 3:00
4. "Heart on My Sleeve" – 3:23
5. "Fifteen Summers" – 4:08
6. "Sign of the Times" – 3:41
7. "If I Needed Someone" – 4:33
8. "Storm in My Soul" – 2:24
9. "Rockwriter" – 3:09
10. "Northern Girl" – 2:52

Charts

Year-end charts

Personnel

• Andy Fairweather Low - additional vocals on "Heart on My Sleeve", "If I Needed Someone" and "Storm in My Soul"
• Ray Duffy – drums
• Geoff Emerick – engineer
• Benny Gallagher – vocals, keyboards, guitar, accordion
• Alan Hornall – bass
• Jimmy Jewell – saxophone
• Billy Livsey – keyboards
• Graham Lyle – vocals, guitar, mandolin
• John Mumford – trombone, euphonium, timbales
• Brian Rogers - string arrangements
• Gered Mankowitz - photography

Notes and References

1. Web site: GALLAGHER & LYLE full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. 2021-03-10. www.officialcharts.com.
2. Web site: The Irish Charts - All there is to know. 2021-03-10. www.irishcharts.ie.
3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 120.
4. 25 December 1976 . Top 50 Albums of 1976 . live . PDF . . 14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210309081449/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1976/Music-Week-1976-12-25.pdf . 9 March 2021 . worldradiohistory.com . 30 November 2021.