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''All for a Song'' is a 1982 album by Barbara Dickson. The album was made up of mostly new recordings but included four of her past hits. == Background == Following the success of her 1980 album, but relative failure of her next album, Epic Records decided to take no chances with this release and included four of her past hits on the collection and backed it up with a TV advertising campaign. This resulted in ''All for a Song'' becoming the most successful album of Dickson's career. The album peaked at No.3 in the UK and spent most of the year in the charts, eventually selling over 600,000 copies in the UK alone.〔(Chartstats - ''All for a Song'' UK Chart details )〕〔(UK Webwonders - Barbara Dickson (1982) )〕 Past singles included on the album were "Answer Me", "Another Suitcase in Another Hall", "Caravan Song" and "January February", while contemporary singles released from the album were "Run Like the Wind", "Take Good Care" and "I Believe in You".〔(Barbara Dickson.net - ''All for a Song'' album page )〕 This was the first album to include "Caravan Song", which had been released in 1979 and was one of Dickson's most well-known songs. "Run Like the Wind" had originally been written by Mike Batt for the film ''Watership Down'', but was replaced by "Bright Eyes".〔(UK webwonders - Barbara Dickson - 1982 )〕 The album cover proved to be a problem, when on doing research, the record company decided that cover photographs which featured a lot of blue didn't tend to sell well and despite the fact that the album sleeves had already been printed, they were rejected in favour of an alternative shot featuring warmer shades (''see illustrations, right''). The rejected covers were instead sold in Scotland and Ireland.〔'' RTE Guide '' album review, February 1982 - Irish release〕〔(Official website - Scottish release )〕 The album was largely recorded in the Netherlands with producer Mike Batt.〔(Mike Batt timeline (1981) )〕 Alan Tarney, the producer of her previous two albums was only used on one new track, while Dickson herself produced covers of The Beatles tracks, "The Long and Winding Road" and "With a Little Help from My Friends". ''All for a Song'' was released in the Netherlands as ''I Believe in You''.〔(Official website - ''I Believe in You'' album )〕 To date, the album has never been released on Compact disc, although many of the tracks have featured on compilations.〔(Barbara Dickson questions and answers )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「All for a Song」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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