Knnillssonn was Harry’s personal favorite at the time of its recording, plus the music itself is pretty impressive to boot. With his voice having recovered from the Pussy Cats sessions with John Lennon, Nilsson set out to write a complete album of original material, handle the production duties himself and make a proper comeback record.
The resulting LP was exactly what Nilsson had intended — a lusciously produced album that served as a testament to his continued prowess as one of the decade’s finest songwriters and one of the greatest achievements of his career. However, as fate would have it, Elvis Presley died close to Knnillssonn‘s release in 1977, RCA shifted its marketing focus and both Nilsson and Knnillssonn were not prioritized. It would be the last record that Harry would release in the US until his death nearly two decades later.
The Alternate “Blanket For A Sail”: Harry released two versions of this children’s lullaby. In 1991, a Disney compilation entitled For Our Children gathered an impressive collection of child-oriented songs from the likes of Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand, Sting and Harry Nilsson to benefit the Pediatric AIDS Foundation. For Disney, Harry added vocals to this remix of his 1977 original, including a spoken introduction where he recites the opening lyrics to Aerial Ballet‘s “Little Cowboy.”
A series of promo 45 sleeves and a Harry mask:
Track listing:
All I Think About Is You
I Never Thought I’d Get This Lonely
Who Done It
Lean On Me
Goin’ Down
Old Bones
Sweet Surrender
Blanket for a Sail
Laughin’ Man
Perfect Day
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