On the Boards (album)
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Released | 1 January 1970 | |||
Recorded | December 1968, London | |||
Genre | Blues rock[1] | |||
Length | 37:13 | |||
Label | Polydor (Europe) Atco (North America) | |||
Producer | Tony Colton | |||
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On the Boards is the second album by Irish rock band Taste, released in 1970. It is their final studio album and the release that brought Rory Gallagher to prominence, reaching number 18 on the UK Albums Chart.[4] 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".[5]
Track listing[]
All tracks composed by Rory Gallagher
- "What's Going On" – 2:48
- "Railway and Gun" – 3:38
- "It's Happened Before, It'll Happen Again" – 6:33
- "If the Day Was Any Longer" – 2:10
- "Morning Sun" – 2:39
- "Eat My Words" – 3:47
- "On the Boards" – 6:02
- "If I Don't Sing I'll Cry" – 2:40
- "See Here" – 3:05
- "I'll Remember" – 3:02[2]
Personnel[]
- Taste
- Rory Gallagher - guitars, vocals, alto saxophone, harmonica
- Richard "Charlie" McCracken – bass guitar
- John Wilson – drums
- Technical
- Eddy Offord - engineer[6]
References[]
- ^ "The Top 30 British Blues Rock Albums Of All Time". Classic Rock. Future plc. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Snowden, Don. On the Boards at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 549. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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- ^ "On the Boards - Taste | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
Further reading[]
- Bangs, Lester (May 28, 1970). "On the Boards". Rolling Stone. New York (59): 48.
External links[]
- On the Boards at Discogs (list of releases)
Categories:
- 1970 albums
- Taste (band) albums
- Polydor Records albums