Editing Windows and Walls

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Windows and Walls
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Dan Fogelberg]]
| cover      = Dan Fogelberg - Windows and Walls.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1984
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
* [[Caribou Ranch]] (Nederland, Colorado)
* Longview Farm (Brookfield, Massachusetts)
* [[Sunset Sound]] (Hollywood, California)
* [[Record Plant|The Plant]] (Sausalito, California)
| genre      = Rock, [[soft rock]]
| length     = 40:57
| label      = [[Full Moon Records|Full Moon]], [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| producer   = 
* [[Dan Fogelberg]]
* Marty Lewis
| prev_title = [[Greatest Hits (Dan Fogelberg album)|Greatest Hits]]
| prev_year  = 1982
| next_title = [[High Country Snows]]
| next_year  = 1985
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Windows and Walls
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = The Language of Love
 | single1date = 1984
 | single2     = [[Believe in Me (Dan Fogelberg song)|Believe in Me]]
 | single2date = 1984
 | single3     = Sweet Magnolia and the Traveling Salesman
 | single3date = 1984
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score ={{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="AM">[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=windows-and-walls-mw0000650154|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
|}}
'''''Windows and Walls''''' is the eighth album by American singer-songwriter [[Dan Fogelberg]], released in 1984 (see [[1984 in music]]). The first single, "The Language of Love", reached No. 13 on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, making it his last Top 40 hit. Although the follow-up, "[[Believe in Me (Dan Fogelberg song)|Believe in Me]]", missed the Top 40 of the pop chart, peaking at No.&nbsp;48, it became the singer's fourth No.&nbsp;1 song on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|adult contemporary chart]].

==Track listing==
All songs written by Dan Fogelberg
#"The Language of Love" – 3:43
#"Windows and Walls" – 4:56
#"The Loving Cup" – 5:00
#"Tucson, Arizona (Gazette)" – 8:36
#"Let Her Go" – 4:58
#"Sweet Magnolia (And the Traveling Salesman)" – 4:41
#"[[Believe in Me (Dan Fogelberg song)|Believe in Me]]" – 4:36
#"Gone Too Far" – 4:31

== Personnel ==
* Dan Fogelberg – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar (1–3, 7), electric lead guitar (1, 3–5, 8), rhythm guitar (1, 3, 5, 8), percussion (1), acoustic piano (2, 6, 8), electric guitar (2), bass (2, 4, 6, 7), string arrangements (2), lead guitar (4), [[classical guitar]] (4), [[Roland Jupiter 8]] (4), [[tambourine]] (5), electric piano (6), high-string guitar (7)
* Michael Hanna – acoustic piano (1, 3–5, 7), [[Electric organ|organ]] (1), keyboards (2), [[Prophet-5]] (2), Roland Jupiter 8 (2–4, 8), [[Tubular bells|chimes]] (2), string arrangements (2, 4, 6), electric piano (3, 5, 8)
* Gary Burden – [[pedal steel guitar]] (4)
* Dave Falkenberry – [[lap steel guitar]] (4), [[dobro]] (4)
* [[Kenny Passarelli]] – bass (1, 3)
* Charlie Fernandez – acoustic bass (4)
* [[Norbert Putnam]] – bass (5)
* [[Mike Porcaro]] – bass (8)
* [[Joe Vitale (musician)|Joe Vitale]] – drums (1, 3)
* [[Russ Kunkel]] – drums (4–6), [[castanets]] (4), [[conga]]s (4), [[tape loop]] (4)
* [[Jeff Porcaro]] – drums (8), tambourine (8)
* [[Joe Lala]] – [[Cowbell (instrument)|cowbell]] (1), tambourine (1), congas (4), [[triangle (musical instrument)|triangle]] (4)
* Katharine Burden – cello (4), violin (4)
* [[Tom Scott (saxophonist)|Tom Scott]] – [[clarinet]] (6)
* Glen Spreen – string arrangements (7)
* Sid Sharp – concertmaster (2, 4, 6, 8)
* [[Timothy B. Schmit]] – harmony vocals (1), backing vocals (6)
* [[Max Carl|Max Gronenthal]] – backing vocals (3)

== Production ==
* Producers – Dan Fogelberg and Marty Lewis
* Engineer – Marty Lewis
* Mastered by [[George Marino]] at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
* Design – [[John Kosh|Kosh]] and [[Ron Larson (artist)|Ron Larson]]
* Cover Photography – Marc Allen 
* Sleeve Photography – Andy Katz

==Charts==
'''Album''' – ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' (United States)
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Chart
!Position
|-
|1984
|The Billboard 200
|15
|-
|1984
|align="left"|Australia Albums Chart<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=115}}</ref>
|align="centre"|38
|-
|}

'''Singles''' – ''Billboard'' (United States)
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Single
!Chart
!Position
|-
|1984
|"The Language of Love"
|Adult Contemporary
|14
|-
|1984
|"The Language of Love"
|The Billboard Hot 100
|13
|-
|1984
|"Believe in Me"
|Adult Contemporary
|1
|-
|1984
|"Believe in Me"
|The Billboard Hot 100
|48
|-
|1984
|"Sweet Magnolia and the Travelling Salesman"
|Adult Contemporary
|36
|-
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Dan Fogelberg albums]]
[[Category:1984 albums]]
[[Category:Epic Records albums]]