Sails is the fifty-fourth studio album by Chet Atkins. It was released in 1987 by Columbia Records. Sails follows in the 1980s' vein of Chet Atkins' releases with a smooth jazz and new age atmosphere.

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Allmusic music critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album; "this recording veers well across the line into new age wallowing of the most innocuous kind... this is not one of the better Atkins Columbia discs."^[1]

1. "Sails" (Hall) – 4:20
2. "Why Worry" (Mark Knopfler) – 6:23
3. "Sometime, Someplace" (David Hungate, Randy McCormick) – 4:59
4. "Up in My Treehouse" (Walker) – 3:52
5. "Waltz for the Lonely" (Chet Atkins, Randy Goodrum) – 3:01
6. "Laffin' at Life" (Atkins, Daryyl Dybka, David Hungate) – 5:30
7. "On a Roll" (Atkins, Dybka, Paul Yandell) – 5:21
8. "My Song" (Keith Jarrett) – 5:08
9. "Love Letters" (Dybka) – 3:09
10. "Wobegon (The Way It Used to Be)" (Atkins) – 3:20

• Chet Atkins - guitar, banjo
• Darryl Dybka - keyboards
• David Hungate - bass
• Earl Klugh - guitar
• Mark Knopfler - guitar
• Mike Lawler - keyboards
• Clayton Ivey - keyboards
• Randy McCormick - keyboards
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - guitar
• Terry McMillan - harmonica, percussion
• Paul Yandell - guitar
• Millard Green - guitar
• Larrie Londin - drums, percussion
• Mark Hammond - percussion, drum programming
• Bob Mater - drums
• Jim Horn - horns
• Mike Haynes - horns
• Baba Ram Dave - sitar
• Aristotle Onassid - bouzouki
• Dave Humphries - drum programming

• Strings arranged by Bergen White
• Horns arranged by Bergen White and Darryl Dybka
• Mixed by Dave Palmer and John Mills
• Engineered by John Mills and Tom Singers
• Mastered by Denny Purcell
• Design by Bill Johnson and Jeff Morris