On the Boards (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = On the Boards

| type = Studio album

| artist = Taste

| cover = Taste - On The Boards.JPG

| alt =

| released = 9 January 1970Melody Maker Review- 10 January 1970

| recorded = December 1968, London

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Blues rock,{{cite web |url= https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-top-30-british-blues-rock-albums-of-all-time|title= The Top 30 British Blues Rock Albums Of All Time|date= 23 March 2007|website= Classic Rock|publisher= Future plc|access-date= 1 September 2018}} jazz, folk rock

| length = 37:13

| label = Polydor (Europe)
Atco (North America)

| producer = Tony Colton

| prev_title = Taste

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = Live Taste

| next_year = 1971

| misc = {{Singles

| name = On the Boards

| type = Studio album

| single1 = What's Going On

| single1date = 1970

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=on-the-boards-r50823|first=Don|last=Snowden}}

| noprose = yes

}}

On the Boards is the second album by Irish rock band Taste, released on 9 January 1970, after being recorded 13 months earlier in December 1968. It is their final studio album and the release that brought Rory Gallagher to prominence, reaching number 18 on the UK Albums Chart.{{cite book

| first= David

| last= Roberts

| year= 2006

| title= British Hit Singles & Albums

| edition= 19th

| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited

| location= London

| isbn= 1-904994-10-5

| page= 549}} Reviewers have praised its variety and the precision of its ensemble playing, and noted the jazz inflections of Gallagher's guitar and his unaffected vocals. Lester Bangs dubbed it "impressive... progressive blues".{{Cite web |url=http://shadowplays.com/blog/?p=851 |title=Lester Bangs review of Taste's 'On the Boards' | shadowplays.com |access-date=5 March 2016 |archive-date=10 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210220755/http://shadowplays.com/blog/?p=851 |url-status=dead }}