The Lines are Open is the second and final album by The Arrows

The Arrows (Canadian band)

The Arrows were a popular 1980s new wave band from Canada. They are not identical to the british 70s-band Arrows, well known for their greatest hit I Love Rock N' Roll, covered later by Joan Jett, Britney Spears e Miley Cyrus.-Biography:...

 released in 1985. Producer David Tyson

David Tyson

David Tyson is a Canadian rock music producer and songwriter. He is best known for co-writing Alannah Myles' 1990 #1 hit "Black Velvet" and producing her debut album. He also co-wrote 3 hit songs from Amanda Marshall's self-titled 1995 debut album.Tyson has won 3 Juno Awards for his work,...

 was again nominated for the Juno Award

Juno Awards of 1986

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 for "Producer of the Year

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award

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", for his work on this album.

The album title is a line from the last song titled "Hampton Avenue". Overall, the album has a more serious tone than the previous one and musically it features a number of tracks with a horn section. This would be the last album from The Arrows - lead vocalist and songwriter Dean McTaggart would go on to write hit songs for other artists including Amanda Marshall

Amanda Marshall

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Track listing

1. "Heart of the City"
2. "Talk Talk"
3. "Bad Reputation"
4. "Tell It to My Heart"
5. "Wild One"
6. "I Told You So"
7. "Chains"
8. "I Can't Let Go"
9. "Hampton Avenue"

Singles

The following Canadian singles were released from the album:

• "Talk Talk"
• "Heart of the City"
• "Chains"

Personnel

• Dean McTaggart
  Dean McTaggart
  Dean McTaggart is a Canadian singer-songwriter and producer. He was lead vocalist in the Canadian band The Arrows from 1981 to 1986. The Arrows produced two albums and one EP and had popular hits in Canada including "Meet Me in the Middle", "Say It Isn't True","Heart of the City" and "Talk...
  
   - vocals, background vocals
• Doug Macaskill - guitars
• Rob Gusevs - keyboards
• Earl Seymour - saxophones, steiner woodwind synthesizer
• Bobby Economou - drums
• Glenn Olive - bass guitar
• Rick Waychenko - trumpet
• Steve McDade - trumpet
• Vernon Dorge - alto saxophone
• Memo Acevedo
  Memo Acevedo
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   - percussion
• Gerald O'Brien
  Gerald O'Brien
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   - emulator programming
• Sharon Lee Williams - background vocals
• Charity Brown
  Charity Brown
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   - background vocals
• John Rutledge - background vocals
• David Blamires
  David Blamires
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   - background vocals
• David Tyson
  David Tyson
  David Tyson is a Canadian rock music producer and songwriter. He is best known for co-writing Alannah Myles' 1990 #1 hit "Black Velvet" and producing her debut album. He also co-wrote 3 hit songs from Amanda Marshall's self-titled 1995 debut album.Tyson has won 3 Juno Awards for his work,...
  
   - background vocals

Production

• David Tyson - producer, arrangement
• The Arrows - arrangement

• Lindsay Kidd - engineer
• Bob Rock
  Bob Rock
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   - mixing engineer, at Little Mountain Sound
  Little Mountain Sound Studios
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  , Vancouver
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• Larry Alexander
  Larry Alexander
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   - mixing engineer on "Talk Talk", at The Power Station
  Avatar Studios
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  , New York City
  New York City
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• David Moore
  David Moore
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   - executive producer
• Hugh Syme
  Hugh Syme
  Hugh Syme is a Canadian Juno Award-winning graphic artist who is best known for his artwork and cover concepts for rock and metal bands. He is also a musician and has appeared in some Rush songs as a keyboard player. Syme is notably responsible for all of Rush's album cover art since 1975's Caress...
  
   and Dimo Safari - art direction and photography