Livin' on the Fault Line

Livin' on the Fault Line is the seventh studio album by the American rock band the Doobie Brothers. The album was released on August 19, 1977, by Warner Bros. Records. It is one of the few Doobie Brothers albums of the 1970s which did not produce a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Still, the album received modest critical acclaim. Tom Johnston left the band early in the sessions. He is listed as part of the band but appears on little or none of the actual album: he wrote and sang five songs during the sessions for the album, but they were not included on the final release. The track "Little Darling (I Need You)" is a remake of the Marvin Gaye 1966 hit.

Personnel

The Doobie Brothers:

Additional players:

Bobby LaKind – congas, backing vocals
Dan Armstrong – electric sitar solo on "Need a Lady"
Randy Brecker – trumpet solo on "You Belong to Me"
Norton Buffalo – harmonica on "There's a Light"
Victor Feldman – vibes on "Livin' on the Fault Line"
Rosemary Butler – backing vocals on "Little Darling ", "You Belong to Me" and "There's a Light"
Maureen McDonald – backing vocals on "You're Made That Way"
Ted Templeman – percussion
David Paich – string and horn arrangements on "You're Made That Way", "Little Darling ", "You Belong to Me" and "There's a Light", string arrangement on "Nothin' But a Heartache"