Fastway (album)

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Fastway
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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 Rafaelito Benitez. He worked in the studio where the album was recorded and when Pete Way (who was meant to be there) didn't show up that day, Benitez offered to play bass for the album. He came up with the bass lines and remains uncredited for the album. [3]

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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