On the Boards (album)

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On the Boards
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Studio album by
Taste
Released9 January 1970 [1]
RecordedDecember 1968, London
Genre Blues rock, [2] jazz, folk rock
Length37:13
Label Polydor (Europe)
Atco (North America)
Producer Tony Colton
Taste chronology
Taste
(1969)		On the Boards
(1970)		 Live Taste
(1971)
Singles from On the Boards
  1. "What's Going On"
    Released: 1970
Professional ratings
Review scores
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On the Boards is the second album by Irish rock band Taste. It was recorded in London in September/October 1969 and released on 9 January 1970. [4] It is their final studio album and the release that brought Rory Gallagher to prominence, reaching number 18 on the UK Albums Chart. [5] 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". [6]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Rory Gallagher

  1. "What's Going On" – 2:48
  2. "Railway and Gun" – 3:38
  3. "It's Happened Before, It'll Happen Again" – 6:33
  4. "If the Day Was Any Longer" – 2:10
  5. "Morning Sun" – 2:39
  6. "Eat My Words" – 3:47
  7. "On the Boards" – 6:02
  8. "If I Don't Sing I'll Cry" – 2:40
  9. "See Here" – 3:05
  10. "I'll Remember" – 3:02 [3]

Personnel

Taste

with:

Technical

References

  1. ↑ Melody Maker Review- 10 January 1970
  2. ↑ "The Top 30 British Blues Rock Albums Of All Time". Classic Rock . Future plc. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 Snowden, Don. On the Boards at AllMusic
  4. ↑ "Interview with Rory Gallagher". Melody Maker. 11 October 1969.
  5. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 549. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  6. ↑ "Lester Bangs review of Taste's 'On the Boards' | shadowplays.com". Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "On the Boards - Taste | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 20 May 2021.

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