On the Boards (album)

On the Boards
Studio album by Taste
Released	1 January 1970
Recorded	December 1968, London
Genre	Blues rock
Length	37:13
Label	Polydor (Europe) Atco (North America)
Producer	Tony Colton
Taste chronology
Taste (1969) On the Boards (1970) Live Taste (1971)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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 Gallagher to prominence, reaching number 18 on the UK album chart.^[2] 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".^[3]

Track listing

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

• All tracks composed by Rory Gallagher

Personnel

• Rory Gallagher – guitars, vocals, saxophone, harmonica
• Richard "Charlie" McCracken – bass guitar
• John Wilson – drums

References

1. Snowden, Don. On the Boards (album) at AllMusic
2. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 549. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
3. Review reproduced at http://shadowplays.com/blog/?p=851