Back on the Streets (Gary Moore album)
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Back on the Streets
| type = studio
| artist = Gary Moore
| cover = The Gary Moore Band Back On The Streets Album.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 1978
| recorded =
| studio = Morgan, London
| genre = Hard rock, blues rock, jazz fusion
| length = 35:44
| label = MCA
| producer = Chris Tsangarides, Gary Moore
| prev_title = Grinding Stone
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = G-Force
| next_year = 1980
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = US LP cover
| type = Studio album
| cover = Gary Moore back on the streets US.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption =
}}
{{Singles
| name = Back on the Streets
| type = studio
| single1 = Back on the Streets
| single1date = 20 October 1978{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Gary+Moore&titel=Back+On+The+Streets&cat=s|title=Gary Moore singles}}
| single2 = Parisienne Walkways
| single2date = 6 April 1979{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1979/Music-Week-1979-04-21.pdf|title=Music Week|page=42}}
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r13405|first=Eduardo|last=Rivadavia}}
|rev2 = Record Collector
|rev2score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Gary Moore - Back on the Streets |magazine=Record Collector |date=December 2013 |last=Heatley |first=Michael |authorlink=Michael Heatley |issue=421 |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/back-on-the-streets |accessdate=2018-06-10 }}
| noprose = yes
}}
Back on the Streets is the first album by Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore, released in September 1978.
Background
The album is Moore's first authentic solo record (1973's Grinding Stone album being credited to the Gary Moore Band). Thin Lizzy bassist/vocalist Phil Lynott and drummer Brian Downey appear on four songs, including "Don't Believe a Word" (which originally appeared on the 1976 Thin Lizzy album Johnny the Fox) and the UK top 10 single "Parisienne Walkways". On the album's sleeve, Moore is depicted leaving notorious prison Wormwood Scrubs in the Inner London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in a photograph by Chalkie Davies.{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicalmaps.com.au/search/label/backonthestreetsgarymoore|title=Musical Maps|website=Musicalmaps.com.au|access-date=16 May 2021}}
Release
The album was re-issued in 1989 by Grand Slam Records with a revised playing order and an additional track ("Spanish Guitar"). More bonus tracks were available for download and on the Universal Music Group Remastered CD edition of 2013. The tracks "Road of Pain" and "Track Ten" recorded in the same sessions, remain unreleased.{{cite web |url=http://www.garymoorefc.com/lots/bots_expanded_edition_2013 |title=Back On The Streets expanded CD edition |last=Csillag |first=Zoltán |publisher=Gary Moore Official Website |date=24 August 2013 |access-date=2018-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142638/http://www.garymoorefc.com/lots/bots_expanded_edition_2013 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |url-status=dead }} Yet another release with title Back on the Streets, but no other apparent connection to the original album, is a 2003 compilation of Gary Moore's greatest hits.
Track listings
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Back on the Streets
| writer1 = Gary Moore
| length1 = 4:19
| title2 = Don't Believe a Word
| writer2 = Phil Lynott
| length2 = 3:34
| title3 = Fanatical Fascists
| writer3 = Lynott
| length3 = 2:44
| title4 = Flight of the Snow Moose
| note4 = instrumental
| writer4 = Moore
| length4 = 6:59
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title5 = Hurricane
| note5 = instrumental
| writer5 = Moore
| length5 = 4:50
| title6 = Song for Donna
| writer6 = Moore
| length6 = 5:22
| title7 = What Would You Rather Bee or a Wasp
| note7 = instrumental
| writer7 = Moore
| length7 = 4:48
| title8 = Parisienne Walkways
| writer8 = Lynott, Moore
| length8 = 3:08
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 1989 Grand Slam Records CD reissue
| title1 = Back on the Streets
| length1 = 4:18
| title2 = Song for Donna
| length2 = 5:22
| title3 = What Would You Rather Bee or a Wasp
| length3 = 4:48
| title4 = Fanatical Fascists
| length4 = 2:44
| title5 = Spanish Guitar
| writer5 = Lynott, Moore
| length5 = 3:48
| title6 = Don't Believe a Word
| length6 = 3:34
| title7 = Flight of the Snow Moose
| length7 = 6:59
| title8 = Hurricane
| length8 = 4:50
| title9 = Parisienne Walkways
| length9 = 3:08
| total_length = 39:31
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2013 Universal Music Group Remastered CD edition bonus tracks
| title9 = Track Nine
| writer9 = Moore
| length9 = 5:05
| title10 = Spanish Guitar
| note10 = vocals by Phil Lynott
| length10 = 3:55
| title11 = Spanish Guitar
| note11 = vocals by Gary Moore
| length11 = 3:56
| title12 = Spanish Guitar
| note12 = instrumental
| length12 = 3:48
| total_length = 52:22
}}
Personnel
;Musicians
- Gary Moore – guitars, lead vocals, bass on track 1, guitar synthesizer, mandolin and accordion on track 8, producer
- Phil Lynott – bass on tracks 2, 3, 8-12, double bass on track 8, acoustic guitar on track 3, lead vocals on tracks 2, 8 and 10, backing vocals on tracks 1 and 3
- Don Airey – keyboards, organ, piano on tracks 1, 4-7
- John Mole – bass guitar on tracks 4-7
- Brian Downey – drums, percussion on tracks 2, 3, 8-12
- Simon Phillips – drums, percussion on tracks 1, 4-7
;Production
- Chris Tsangarides – producer, engineer
- Andrew Warwick, Mark Freegard, Mike Dutton, Mike Hedges, Perry Morgan, Simon Wakefield – assistant engineers
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1979) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{Album chart|UK2|70|date=19790128|rowheader=true|access-date=May 1, 2024}} |