| On the Highwire | ||||
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| Released | 2 December 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 1970–1979 | |||
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| Length | 2:34:36 | |||
| Label | Castle | |||
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On the Highwire is a compilation album by English rock band Trapeze. Released on 2 December 2003 by Castle Communications, the album features all tracks from the band's 1979 sixth and final studio album Hold On , the 1998 live album Live: Way Back to the Bone and the 1981 live album Live in Texas: Dead Armadillos .
AllMusic writer Greg Prato claimed that "since On the Highwire skips the group's studio work with Hughes (which is by far the group's strongest work), [it] fails to deliver as a true career overview", noting that the first disc "falls a bit flat" but adding that the second "fares much better, as it focuses on much stronger material". [1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Don't Ask Me How I Know" | Peter Goalby | 2:48 |
| 2. | "Take Good Care" | Mel Galley | 3:33 |
| 3. | "When You Go to Heaven" | Goalby | 4:09 |
| 4. | "Livin' on Love" | Goalby | 3:48 |
| 5. | "Hold On" | M. Galley | 5:03 |
| 6. | "Don't Break My Heart" | M. Galley | 5:40 |
| 7. | "Running" | M. Galley | 4:26 |
| 8. | "You Are" | M. Galley | 4:49 |
| 9. | "Time Will Heal" | M. Galley | 6:36 |
| Total length: | 40:52 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Way Back to the Bone" | Glenn Hughes | 7:47 |
| 11. | "You Are the Music" |
| 5:37 |
| 12. | "Seafull" | Hughes | 8:50 |
| 13. | "Your Love Is Alright" |
| 13:43 |
| Total length: | 35:57 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Medusa" | Hughes | 8:24 |
| 2. | "Black Cloud" |
| 9:17 |
| 3. | "Keepin' Time" |
| 8:35 |
| 4. | "Touch My Life" |
| 9:33 |
| Total length: | 35:49 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Back Street Love" |
| 6:57 |
| 6. | "Hold On" | M. Galley | 5:29 |
| 7. | "Midnight Flyer" |
| 7:32 |
| 8. | "You Are the Music" |
| 6:01 |
| 9. | "Black Cloud" |
| 9:05 |
| 10. | "Way Back to the Bone" | Hughes | 6:59 |
| Total length: | 42:03 | ||
Hold On personnel
| Live: Way Back to the Bone personnel
| Live in Texas: Dead Armadillos personnel
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