Lake is the self-titled first studio album by Lake, released in Germany in 1976 and the USA in 1977. The track "Time Bomb" was the band's highest charting single of their career. It reached #91 in Canada in December 1977.

Lake
North American cover design (Columbia)
Studio album by Lake
Released	1976
Recorded	1976
Studio	Sawmills Studio, Cornwall; Maschen Studio and Peer Studio, Hamburg
Genre	Rock, pop
Length	37
Label	CBS
Producer	Detlef Petersen
Lake chronology
- Lake (1976) Lake II (1978)

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Track listing

All tracks written by Detlef Petersen and James Hopkins-Harrison except as indicated.

Side One

1. "On the Run" - 4:06
2. "Sorry to Say" - 3:05
3. "Time Bomb" (James Hopkins-Harrison, Geoffrey Peacey) - 3:16
4. "Chasing Colours" - 3:47
5. "Do I Love You" - 4:05

Side Two

1. "Key to the Rhyme" - 4:34
2. "Jesus Came Down" - 3:42
3. "Between the Lines" (D. Petersen, J. Hopkins-Harrison, G. Peacey, Alex Conti, Martin Tiefensee, Dieter Ahrendt) - 10:22

The CD release of the album is a "two albums on one CD" release, combined with their third album Paradise Island.

Personnel

• Martin Tiefensee - bass guitar
• James Hopkins-Harrison - lead and backing vocals
• Alex Conti - guitar, vocals
• Dieter Ahrendt - drums, percussion
• Geoffrey Peacey - keyboards, vocals, guitar
• Detlef Petersen - keyboards, vocals

Produced by Detlef Petersen, except "Time Bomb", produced by Geoffrey Peacey and James Hopkins-Harrison
String arrangements by Peter Hecht
Mixed at Peer Studios (Hamburg) by Geoffrey Peacey and Detlef Petersen
Engineered by Jerry Boys, except "Time Bomb" by Geoffrey Peacey and "Jesus Came Down" by Volker Heintzen
Cover illustration by James McMullan
Design by Paula Scher

LP: Columbia Records PC 34763
CD: Renaissance RMED0123

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