The Last of the Gypsies

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The Last of the Gypsies
Trooper The Last of the Gypsies.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 29, 1989
Genre Rock, hard rock
Label Great Pacific Records
Producer McGuire, Smith
Trooper chronology
Money Talks
(1982)
The Last of the Gypsies
(1989)
Ten
(1991)

The Last of the Gypsies is the eighth studio album by the Canadian rock band Trooper, released in 1989 on the band's self-owned Great Pacific Records label and distributed by Warner Music Canada. It came after a six-year recording absence and was certified Gold in Canada. The album contained the hits "Boy with a Beat" and "The Best Way (to Hold a Man)".

Contents

Track listing

(McGuire/Smith)

  1. 3:48 - "Workin' Like a Dog"
  2. 4:02 - "Thin White Line" (McGuire)
  3. 3:50 - "The Girl Don't Know"
  4. 3:33 - "The Real World"
  5. 3:23 - "Don't Like Being Told What to Do"
  6. 3:33 - "Boy with a Beat"
  7. 3:46 - "The Best Way (to Hold a Man)"
  8. 4:12 - "$100,000.00"
  9. 3:24 - "Ain't Gonna Swallow My Pride"
  10. 4:20 - "The Last of the Gypsies"

Band members

Singles

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