On the Boards (album)

On the Boards is the second album by Irish rock band Taste, released in 1970. It is their final studio album and the release that brought Rory Gallagher to prominence, reaching number 18 on the UK album chart.[3] 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".[4]

On the Boards
Studio album by
Released1 January 1970
RecordedDecember 1968, London
GenreBlues rock[1]
Length37:13
LabelPolydor (Europe)
Atco (North America)
ProducerTony 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
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]

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

Personnel

Taste
Technical

References

  1. "The Top 30 British Blues Rock Albums Of All Time". Classic Rock. Future plc. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. Snowden, Don. On the Boards at AllMusic
  3. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 549. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. Review reproduced at http://shadowplays.com/blog/?p=851

Further reading

  • Bangs, Lester (May 28, 1970). "On the Boards". Rolling Stone. New York (59): 48.
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