Glory Road (album)

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Glory Road
Glory-lp.jpg
Studio album by
Gillan
ReleasedAugust 1980
RecordedApril–May 1980
StudioKingsway Recorders, London, UK
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length98:38
Label Virgin
Producer Gillan, John McCoy, Paul "Chas" Watkins
Gillan chronology
Mr. Universe
(1979)		Glory Road
(1980)		 Future Shock
(1981)
Singles from Glory Road
  1. "Sleeping on the Job" / "Higher and Higher"
    Released: June 1980
  2. "No Easy Way" / "Handles on her Hips" / "I Might As Well Go Home (Mystic)""
    Released: 1980 (UK only)
Audio sample
"On the Rocks"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 9/10 (Glory Road) [2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 (For Gillan Fans Only) [2]

Glory Road is the third studio album by the British hard rock band Gillan, released in October 1980. The album reached No. 3 in the UK album charts. [3]

Contents

Track summary

The US version of the album had a slightly different running order and included "Your Mother Was Right" instead of "Sleeping on the Job". The song "Unchain Your Brain" was re-recorded and released on Ian Gillan's 2006 release Gillan's Inn .

Glory Road was also released in the UK as a limited edition double LP and contained the free LP For Gillan Fans Only. When Glory Road was eventually released on CD, most of the For Gillan Fans Only material was included as bonus tracks. However, "Higher and Higher", "Egg Timer" (a spoof of Samson's "Vice Versa" from the Head On album) and "Harry Lime Theme" failed to make it to CD until the 2CD 2007 Edsel Records remaster, which contains both the album and the whole of For Gillan Fans Only. This latter release also has retrospective comments by Ian Gillan and the original artwork, plus pictures of various single covers. A different version of "Trying to Get to You" can be heard on Ian Gillan's album Cherkazoo and Other Stories .

Track listings

All songs written by Ian Gillan, Bernie Tormé and John McCoy, except where noted.

Glory Road

Side one
  1. "Unchain Your Brain" – 3:11
  2. "Are You Sure?" – 4:05
  3. "Time and Again" – 5:05
  4. "No Easy Way" – 6:34
  5. "Sleeping on the Job" (Gillan, Colin Towns) – 3:11
Side two
  1. "On the Rocks" (Gillan, Towns) – 6:39
  2. "If You Believe Me" (Gillan, McCoy, Tormé, Mick Underwood) – 7:33
  3. "Running, White Face, City Boy" (Towns) – 3:11
  4. "Nervous" (Gillan, Towns) – 3:44

For Gillan Fans Only

Side one
  1. "Higher and Higher" – 3:42
  2. "Your Mother Was Right" (Gillan, Towns) – 7:23
  3. "Redwatch" (Tormé, Underwood) – 3:42
  4. "Abbey of Thelema" (Gillan, Towns) – 6:06
  5. "Trying to Get to You" (Rose Marie McCoy, Charles Singleton) – 3:17
Side two
  1. "Come Tomorrow" (McCoy, Tormé) – 2:52
  2. "Dragon's Tongue" (Towns) – 5:32
  3. "Post-Fade Brain Damage" – 6:03
  4. "Egg Timer (Vice Versa)" (Paul Samson, Thunderstick, Chris Aylmer, Bruce Bruce) – 7:11
  5. "Harry Lime Theme" (Anton Karas) – 9:27

1989 Re-release

In 1989 the album was released in CD format again on the Virgin label, with some tracks from For Gillan Fans Only.

  1. "Unchain Your Brain" – 3:11
  2. "Are You Sure?" – 4:05
  3. "Time and Again" – 5:05
  4. "No Easy Way" – 6:34
  5. "Sleeping on the Job" – 3:11
  6. "On the Rocks" – 6:39
  7. "If You Believe Me" – 7:33
  8. "Running, White Face, City Boy" – 3:11
  9. "Nervous" – 3:44
  10. "Your Mother Was Right" – 7:23
  11. "Redwatch" – 3:42
  12. "Abbey of Thelema" – 6:06
  13. "Trying to Get to You" – 3:17
  14. "Come Tomorrow" – 2:52
  15. "Dragon's Tongue" – 5:32
  16. "Post-Fade Brain Damage" – 6:03

2007 Rerelease

In 2007 the full 19-track double album was rereleased in two-CD format on the Edsel label. The For Gillan Fans Only CD has two bonus tracks:

  1. "Handles on Her Hips" – 2:09
  2. "I Might As Well Go Home (Mystic)" (Gillan, Towns) – 2:19

Personnel

Gillan
Production

Charts

Album

Certifications

CountryOrganizationYearSales
UK BPI 1980Silver (+ 60,000) [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Henderson, Alex. "Gillan - Glory Road review". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 131. ISBN   978-1-894959-31-5.
  3. 1 2 3 "Gillan Official Charts". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Gillan Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Billboard . Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Award tracker: Gillan - Glory Road". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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