Front Page News


Front Page News is the eighth album by rock band Wishbone Ash. It is mostly made up of slower, breezy soft rock ballads with lush vocal harmonies. This style is in marked contrast to the earlier albums such as Argus, but there were several tracks of this idiom on their immediately preceding studio albums, Locked In and New England. It peaked at No. 31 in the UK Albums Chart.
Their following album, No Smoke Without Fire, moves back to a heavier style. U.S. distribution had switched back to MCA Records.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Martin Turner/Andy Powell/Laurie Wisefield/Steve Upton except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Front Page News" – 5:10
  2. "Midnight Dancer" – 4:28
  3. "Goodbye Baby Hello Friend" – 3:50
  4. "Surface to Air" – 4:53
  5. "714" – 3:20

    Side two

  6. "Come in from the Rain" – 4:34
  7. "Right or Wrong" – 2:51
  8. "Heart-Beat" – 4:21
  9. "The Day I Found Your Love" – 4:31
  10. "Diamond Jack" – 4:23

    Personnel