On the Highwire
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{{Infobox album
| name = On the Highwire
| type = compilation
| artist = Trapeze
| cover = TrapezeOnTheHighwire.jpg
| released = {{start date|2003|12|2|df=yes}}
| recorded = 1970–1979
| genre = {{hlist|Hard rock|blues rock|funk rock}}
| length = {{duration|h=2|m=34|s=36}}
| label = Castle
| producer = {{hlist|Trapeze|Jimmy Miller}}
| prev_title = Live at the Boat Club 1975
| prev_year = 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".{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/on-the-highwire-mw0000467124 |title=On the Highwire - Trapeze: Songs, Reviews, Credits |last=Prato |first=Greg |work=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |accessdate=15 September 2017 }}
Track listing
=Disc one=
{{Track listing
| headline = Hold On (1979)
| total_length = 40:52
| title1 = Don't Ask Me How I Know
| writer1 = Peter Goalby
| length1 = 2:48
| title2 = Take Good Care
| writer2 = Mel Galley
| length2 = 3:33
| title3 = When You Go to Heaven
| writer3 = Goalby
| length3 = 4:09
| title4 = Livin' on Love
| writer4 = Goalby
| length4 = 3:48
| title5 = Hold On
| writer5 = M. Galley
| length5 = 5:03
| title6 = Don't Break My Heart
| writer6 = M. Galley
| length6 = 5:40
| title7 = Running
| writer7 = M. Galley
| length7 = 4:26
| title8 = You Are
| writer8 = M. Galley
| length8 = 4:49
| title9 = Time Will Heal
| writer9 = M. Galley
| length9 = 6:36
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Live: Way Back to the Bone (1998)
| total_length = 35:57
| title10 = Way Back to the Bone
| writer10 = Glenn Hughes
| length10 = 7:47
| title11 = You Are the Music
| writer11 = {{hlist|M. Galley|Tom Galley}}
| length11 = 5:37
| title12 = Seafull
| writer12 = Hughes
| length12 = 8:50
| title13 = Your Love Is Alright
| writer13 = {{hlist|Hughes|M. Galley|Dave Holland}}
| length13 = 13:43
}}
=Disc two=
{{Track listing
| headline = Live: Way Back to the Bone continued
| total_length = 35:49
| title1 = Medusa
| writer1 = Hughes
| length1 = 8:24
| title2 = Black Cloud
| writer2 = {{hlist|M. Galley|T. Galley}}
| length2 = 9:17
| title3 = Keepin' Time
| writer3 = {{hlist|M. Galley|T. Galley}}
| length3 = 8:35
| title4 = Touch My Life
| writer4 = {{hlist|M. Galley|T. Galley}}
| length4 = 9:33
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Live in Texas: Dead Armadillos (1981)
| total_length = 42:03
| title5 = Back Street Love
| writer5 = {{hlist|M. Galley|T. Galley}}
| length5 = 6:57
| title6 = Hold On
| writer6 = M. Galley
| length6 = 5:29
| title7 = Midnight Flyer
| writer7 = {{hlist|M. Galley|T. Galley}}
| length7 = 7:32
| title8 = You Are the Music
| writer8 = {{hlist|M. Galley|T. Galley}}
| length8 = 6:01
| title9 = Black Cloud
| writer9 = {{hlist|M. Galley|T. Galley}}
| length9 = 9:05
| title10 = Way Back to the Bone
| writer10 = Hughes
| length10 = 6:59
}}
Personnel
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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
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Live: Way Back to the Bone personnel
- Glenn Hughes – vocals, bass
- Mel Galley – guitar
- Dave Holland – drums
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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
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{discogs release|4022061}}
{{Trapeze}}
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Category:2003 compilation albums