Back on the Streets (Gary Moore album)

Back on the Streets
Studio album by Gary Moore
Released	September 1978
Studio	Morgan, London
Genre	Hard rock, blues rock, jazz fusion
Length	35:44
Label	MCA
Producer	Chris Tsangarides, Gary Moore
Gary Moore chronology
Grinding Stone (1973) Back on the Streets (1978) G-Force (1980)
US LP cover

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Back on the Streets"	Gary Moore	4:19
2.	"Don't Believe a Word"	Phil Lynott	3:34
3.	"Fanatical Fascists"	Lynott	2:44
4.	"Flight of the Snow Moose" (instrumental)	Moore	6:59

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Hurricane" (instrumental)	Moore	4:50
6.	"Song for Donna"	Moore	5:22
7.	"What Would You Rather Bee or a Wasp" (instrumental)	Moore	4:48
8.	"Parisienne Walkways"	Lynott, Moore	3:08

1989 Grand Slam Records CD reissue

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Back on the Streets"		4:18
2.	"Song for Donna"		5:22
3.	"What Would You Rather Bee or a Wasp"		4:48
4.	"Fanatical Fascists"		2:44
5.	"Spanish Guitar"	Lynott, Moore	3:48
6.	"Don't Believe a Word"		3:34
7.	"Flight of the Snow Moose"		6:59
8.	"Hurricane"		4:50
9.	"Parisienne Walkways"		3:08
Total length:			39:31

2013 Universal Music Group Remastered CD edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
9.	"Track Nine"	Moore	5:05
10.	"Spanish Guitar" (vocals by Phil Lynott)		3:55
11.	"Spanish Guitar" (vocals by Gary Moore)		3:56
12.	"Spanish Guitar" (instrumental)		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

Chart (1979)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC) [7]	70

References

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