The Innocent Age

The Innocent Age
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Studio album by Dan Fogelberg
Released	August 1981
Genre	Soft rock
Length	39:26 (LP 1)/40:35 (LP 2)
Label	Full Moon/Epic
Producer	Dan Fogelberg, Marty Lewis
Dan Fogelberg chronology
Phoenix (1980)Phoenix1980 The Innocent Age (1981) Greatest Hits (1982)Greatest Hits1982
Singles from The Innocent Age
"Same Old Lang Syne" Released: 1980 "Hard to Say" Released: 1981 "Leader of the Band" Released: 1981 "Run for the Roses" Released: 1982

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The Innocent Age is the seventh album by American singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). It was also one of his most successful albums; three of his four Top 10 singles on the Billboard pop chart ("Hard to Say" (#7), "Same Old Lang Syne" (#9), and "Leader of the Band" (#9)) were from this album, as well as another Top 20 single in "Run for the Roses" (#18). All four also reached the Top 10 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart, with "Leader of the Band" reaching Number 1 on that chart. "The Innocent Age" drew its inspiration from Thomas Wolfe's major novel Of Time and the River. Fogelberg captured on this album Wolfe's protagonist's search for meaning, for self, and the inexorable passage of time.

Track listing

All songs written by Dan Fogelberg, except where noted.

Disc One:

1. "Nexus" – 6:04
2. "The Innocent Age" – 4:15
3. "The Sand and the Foam" – 4:19
4. "In the Passage" – 6:28
5. "Lost in the Sun" – 3:53
6. "Run for the Roses" – 4:18
7. "Leader of the Band" (concludes with an excerpt from "The Washington Post" march arranged by Lawrence Peter Fogelberg, performed by the UCLA Band) – 4:48
8. "Same Old Lang Syne" – 5:21

Disc Two:

1. "Stolen Moments" – 3:12
2. "The Lion's Share" – 5:10
3. "Only the Heart May Know" – 4:09
4. "The Reach" – 6:30
5. "Aireshire Lament" – 0:52
6. "Times Like These" – 3:02
7. "Hard to Say" – 4:00
8. "Empty Cages" (Fogelberg, Russ Kunkel, Norbert Putnam, Mike Utley) – 6:24
9. "Ghosts" – 7:16

Personnel

• Dan Fogelberg - guitars, keyboards, bass, vocals
• Don Alias - percussion
• Michael Brecker - saxophone
• Michael Brewer - backing vocals
• David Duke - French horn
• Jesse Erlich - cello
• Jimmie Fadden - harmonica
• Mike Finnigan - organ
• Glenn Frey - backing vocals
• Richie Furay - backing vocals
• Emmylou Harris - vocals
• Heart of Darkness - choir, chorus
• Don Henley - backing vocals
• Jerry Hey - trumpet
• Chris Hillman - backing vocals
• Russ Kunkel - drums
• Joe Lala - percussion
• Gayle LaVant - harp
• Marty Lewis - percussion
• Joni Mitchell - backing vocals
• Kenny Passarelli - bass
• Al Perkins - steel guitar
• Norbert Putnam - bass
• Tom Scott - saxophone
• Sid Sharp - concertmaster
• Michael Utley - keyboards
• UCLA Band - Marching band

Production

• Producers: Dan Fogelberg, Marty Lewis
• Engineer: Marty Lewis

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1981	Pop Albums	6

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1980	"Same Old Lang Syne"	Adult Contemporary	8
1980	"Same Old Lang Syne"	Pop Singles	9
1981	"Hard to Say"	Adult Contemporary	2
1981	"Hard to Say"	Pop Singles	7
1981	"Lost In The Sun"	Mainstream Rock	45
1982	"Leader of the Band"	Adult Contemporary	1
1982	"Leader of the Band"	Pop Singles	9
1982	"Run for the Roses"	Adult Contemporary	3
1982	"Run for the Roses"	Pop Singles	18