Balboa Island (album)

Balboa Island
Studio album by Pretty Things
Released	May 2007
Recorded	2005-2006
Studio	Côte Basque Studios
Genre	Rock and roll, blues
Length	57:53
Label	Zoho Roots
Producer	Mark St. John
Pretty Things chronology
... Rage Before Beauty (1999) Balboa Island (2007) The Pretty Things/Philippe DeBarge (2009)

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Balboa Island is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band Pretty Things, released on Zoho Roots in 2007.

Track listing

1. "The Beat Goes On" (Phil May, Frank Holland, Mark St. John) – 4:14
2. "Livin' in My Skin" (May, Holland) – 3:56
3. "Buried Alive" (May, Holland) – 3:36
4. "(Blues for) Robert Johnson" (May, Holland) – 8:00
5. "Mimi" (Dick Taylor) – 2:35
6. "Pretty Beat" (May, Taylor, Holland, St. John) – 2:52
7. "The Ballad of Hollis Brown" (Bob Dylan) – 6:30
8. "In the Beginning" (May, Holland) – 4:42
9. "Feel Like Goin' Home" (Muddy Waters) – 2:39
10. "Freedom Song" (Traditional) – 4:46
11. "Dearly Beloved" (May, Jon Povey) - 5:00
12. "All Light Up" (May, Holland, St. John) - 4:30
13. "Balboa Island" (Holland) - 4:42

Personnel

• Phil May – Vocals
• Dick Taylor – Lead Guitars
• Frank Holland - Guitars, Vocals
• Wally Waller – Bass, Guitars, Vocals
• Jon Povey – Keyboards, Vocals
• Skip Alan – Drums, Percussion

Studio musicians

• Mark St. John - Ancient Trixon Drums, Vocals
• Scarlett Wrench - Vocals
• James Cheetham -Keyboards
• Rupert Cobb - Trumpet
• Duncan Taylor-Jones - Extra Vocals on "Dearly Beloved"