On the Highwire

2003 compilation album by Trapeze
On the Highwire
Compilation album by
Trapeze
Released2 December 2003 (2003-12-02)
Recorded1970–1979
Genre
  • Hard rock
  • blues rock
  • funk rock
Length2:34:36
LabelCastle
Producer
  • Trapeze
  • Jimmy Miller
Trapeze chronology
Live at the Boat Club 1975
(2003) 		On the Highwire
(2003)

On the Highwire is a compilation album by English rock band Trapeze. Released on 2 December 2003 by Castle Communications, the album features all tracks from the band's 1979 sixth and final studio album Hold On, the 1998 live album Live: Way Back to the Bone and the 1981 live album Live in Texas: Dead Armadillos.

Reception

AllMusic writer Greg Prato claimed that "since On the Highwire skips the group's studio work with Hughes (which is by far the group's strongest work), [it] fails to deliver as a true career overview", noting that the first disc "falls a bit flat" but adding that the second "fares much better, as it focuses on much stronger material".[1]

Track listing

Disc one

Hold On (1979)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Ask Me How I Know"Peter Goalby2:48
2."Take Good Care"Mel Galley3:33
3."When You Go to Heaven"Goalby4:09
4."Livin' on Love"Goalby3:48
5."Hold On"M. Galley5:03
6."Don't Break My Heart"M. Galley5:40
7."Running"M. Galley4:26
8."You Are"M. Galley4:49
9."Time Will Heal"M. Galley6:36
Total length:40:52
Live: Way Back to the Bone (1998)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Way Back to the Bone"Glenn Hughes7:47
11."You Are the Music"
  • M. Galley
  • Tom Galley
5:37
12."Seafull"Hughes8:50
13."Your Love Is Alright"
  • Hughes
  • M. Galley
  • Dave Holland
13:43
Total length:35:57

Disc two

Live: Way Back to the Bone continued
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Medusa"Hughes8:24
2."Black Cloud"
  • M. Galley
  • T. Galley
9:17
3."Keepin' Time"
  • M. Galley
  • T. Galley
8:35
4."Touch My Life"
  • M. Galley
  • T. Galley
9:33
Total length:35:49
Live in Texas: Dead Armadillos (1981)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Back Street Love"
  • M. Galley
  • T. Galley
6:57
6."Hold On"M. Galley5:29
7."Midnight Flyer"
  • M. Galley
  • T. Galley
7:32
8."You Are the Music"
  • M. Galley
  • T. Galley
6:01
9."Black Cloud"
  • M. Galley
  • T. Galley
9:05
10."Way Back to the Bone"Hughes6:59
Total length:42:03

Personnel

Hold On personnel

Live: Way Back to the Bone personnel

  • Glenn Hughes – vocals, bass
  • Mel Galley – guitar
  • Dave Holland – drums

Live in Texas: Dead Armadillos personnel

  • Peter Goalby – lead vocals
  • Mel Galley – guitar, vocals, production
  • Pete Wright – bass
  • Steve Bray – drums
  • Malcolm Harper – engineering
  • Mason Harlow – engineering assistance
  • John MacKenzie Burns – mixing

References

  1. ^ Prato, Greg. "On the Highwire - Trapeze: Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
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