A Million Vacations

A Million Vacations
Studio album by Max Webster
Released	5 March 1979
Recorded	December 1978 – January 1979
Studio	Phase One Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre	Rock, progressive rock
Length	39:10
Label	Anthem (Canada) Capitol (US, Europe)
Producer	John de Nottbeck and Max Webster
Max Webster chronology
Mutiny Up My Sleeve (1978) A Million Vacations (1979) Live Magnetic Air (1979)
Singles from A Million Vacations
"Let Go the Line" / "Moon Voices" Released: 1979 "A Million Vacations" / "Night Flights" Released: 1979 "Paradise Skies" / "In Context of the Moon" Released: 1979

A Million Vacations is the fourth album by Canadian rock band Max Webster. The record was released in 1979 in Canada by Anthem Records and in the United States and Europe by Capitol Records. The hit songs "A Million Vacations", "Let Go the Line", and "Paradise Skies" remain as Canadian Classic rock radio station staples. The lead track "Paradise Skies" was released by Capitol-EMI Records Britain as a picture disc single that featured "The Party" from their previous album Mutiny Up My Sleeve.

The album was certified platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	10/10[3]

The Globe and Mail wrote that "it's satisfying when they're right on, but even more annoying when they fiddle about on the fringes, wasting time on the sort of progressive rock material that is still oozing from the older British musicians on a daily basis."[4]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Paradise Skies" (Kim Mitchell, Pye Dubois) – 3:15
2. "Charmonium" (Terry Watkinson) – 4:15
3. "Night Flights" (Watkinson, Dubois) – 3:02
4. "Sun Voices" (Mitchell, Dubois) – 4:50
5. "Moon Voices" (Mitchell) – 3:05

Side two

1. "A Million Vacations" (Gary McCracken, Dubois) – 3:10
2. "Look Out" (Mitchell, Dubois) – 4:53
3. "Let Go the Line" (Watkinson) – 3:25
4. "Rascal Houdi" (Mitchell, Dubois) – 3:28
5. "Research (At Beach Resorts)" (Mitchell, Dubois) – 4:45

Personnel

Max Webster

• Kim Mitchell – guitars and vocals
• Terry Watkinson – keyboards and vocals, lead vocals on "Charmonium" and "Let Go the Line"
• Dave Myles – bass guitar
• Gary McCracken – drums and percussion, lead vocals on "A Million Vacations"
• Pye Dubois – lyrics

Additional musicians

• Carla Jensen, Judy Donnelly – additional vocals
• Dick Smith – congas, shaker
• Bill Misener – string arrangements

Production

• John de Nottbeck – producer
• Mark Wright – engineer
• David Greene – mixing at Soundstage, Toronto
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk, New York

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (RPM)[5]	13

References

1. "Gold Platinum Database Artist: Max Webster". Music Canada. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
2. Allan, Mark. "Max Webster - A Million Vacations review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
3. Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 182–183. ISBN 978-1894959025.
4. McGrath, Paul (31 Mar 1979). "A Million Vacations". The Globe and Mail. p. F10.
5. "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 31, no. 18. July 28, 1979.