Fastway (album)

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Fastway
FastwayLP.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1983
StudioMarcus Music and Maison Rouge Studios, London, UK
Genre
Length41:58
Label Columbia
Producer Eddie Kramer
Fastway chronology
Fastway
(1983)
All Fired Up
(1984)
Singles from Fastway
  1. "We Become One"
    Released: 1983
  2. "Easy Livin'"
    Released: 1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 10/10 [2]

Fastway is the debut studio album by British rock band Fastway, released in April 1983.

Contents

Founding member Pete Way (ex-bass guitar player with UFO) did not play on the album, because by the time the recording sessions began Way left the band. [3] He soon formed another band, Waysted. The bass guitar parts on the album were actually played by Mickey Feats.

The album has been reissued as a two-fer with the second Fastway album, All Fired Up ; however, that edition omits the song "Far Far from Home", bonus track featured on the standalone CD release of the first album.

UK-based record label Rock Candy Records has since re-issued the album with additional liner notes and bonus tracks, including B-sides and BBC sessions.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Fastway

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Easy Livin'"2:47
2."Feel Me, Touch Me (Do Anything You Want)"3:27
3."All I Need Is Your Love"2:32
4."Another Day"4:41
5."Heft!"5:38
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."We Become One"3:59
7."Give It All You Got"3:01
8."Say What You Will"3:20
9."You Got Me Runnin'"3:04
10."Give It Some Action"4:11
11."Far Far from Home"5:29

Personnel

Fastway

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

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