On the Highwire

On the Highwire
On the Highwire
Compilation album by Trapeze
Released	2 December 2003
Recorded	1970–1979
Genre	Hard rock; blues rock; funk rock;
Length	2:34:36
Label	Castle
Producer	Trapeze; Jimmy Miller;
Trapeze chronology

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Ask Me How I Know"	Peter Goalby	2:48
2.	"Take Good Care"	Mel Galley	3:33
3.	"When You Go to Heaven"	Goalby	4:09
4.	"Livin' on Love"	Goalby	3:48
5.	"Hold On"	M. Galley	5:03
6.	"Don't Break My Heart"	M. Galley	5:40
7.	"Running"	M. Galley	4:26
8.	"You Are"	M. Galley	4:49
9.	"Time Will Heal"	M. Galley	6:36
Total length:			40:52

*Live: Way Back to the Bone* (1998)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Way Back to the Bone"	Glenn Hughes	7:47
11.	"You Are the Music"	M. Galley Tom Galley	5:37
12.	"Seafull"	Hughes	8:50
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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Medusa"	Hughes	8:24
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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Back Street Love"	M. Galley T. Galley	6:57
6.	"Hold On"	M. Galley	5:29
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"	Hughes	6:59
Total length:			42:03

Personnel

Hold On personnel

Peter Goalby – lead vocals, guitar, production
Mel Galley – lead guitar, vocals, production
Pete Wright – bass, production
Dave Holland – drums, production
Jimmy Miller – production
Rota Sound Strings – arrangements
Brad Davies – engineering
Guy Bidmeade – engineering

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

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

External links

On the Highwire at Discogs

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

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