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

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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

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