Back on the Streets (Gary Moore album)

1978 studio album by Gary Moore

Back on the Streets is the first album by Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore, released in September 1978.

Background

The album is Moore's first authentic solo record (1973's Grinding Stone album being credited to the Gary Moore Band). Thin Lizzy bassist/vocalist Phil Lynott and drummer Brian Downey appear on four songs, including "Don't Believe a Word" (which originally appeared on the 1976 Thin Lizzy album Johnny the Fox) and the UK top 10 single "Parisienne Walkways". On the album's sleeve, Moore is depicted leaving notorious prison Wormwood Scrubs in the Inner London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in a photograph by Chalkie Davies.^[5]

Release

The album was re-issued in 1989 by Grand Slam Records with a revised playing order and an additional track ("Spanish Guitar"). More bonus tracks were available for download and on the Universal Music Group Remastered CD edition of 2013. The tracks "Road of Pain" and "Track Ten" recorded in the same sessions, remain unreleased.^[6] Yet another release with title Back on the Streets, but no other apparent connection to the original album, is a 2003 compilation of Gary Moore's greatest hits.

Track listings

Personnel

Musicians

• Gary Moore – guitars, lead vocals, bass on track 1, guitar synthesizer, mandolin and accordion on track 8, producer
• Phil Lynott – bass on tracks 2, 3, 8-12, double bass on track 8, acoustic guitar on track 3, lead vocals on tracks 2, 8 and 10, backing vocals on tracks 1 and 3
• Don Airey – keyboards, organ, piano on tracks 1, 4-7
• John Mole – bass guitar on tracks 4-7
• Brian Downey – drums, percussion on tracks 2, 3, 8-12
• Simon Phillips – drums, percussion on tracks 1, 4-7

Production

• Chris Tsangarides – producer, engineer
• Andrew Warwick, Mark Freegard, Mike Dutton, Mike Hedges, Perry Morgan, Simon Wakefield – assistant engineers

Charts

References

1. "Gary Moore singles".
2. "Gary Moore singles".
3. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Back on the Streets at AllMusic
4. Heatley, Michael (December 2013). "Gary Moore - Back on the Streets". Record Collector. No. 421. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
5. "Musical Maps". Musicalmaps.com.au. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
6. Csillag, Zoltán (24 August 2013). "Back On The Streets expanded CD edition". Gary Moore Official Website. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
7. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 1, 2024.