Glory Road (album)

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Glory Road

Studio album by Gillan
Released	October 1980
Recorded	Kingsway Recorders, London, UK April-May 1980
Genre	Rock
Length	98:38
Label	Virgin
Producer(s)	John McCoy & Paul "Chas" Watkins
All Music Guide link
Gillan chronology
Mr. Universe (1979)	Glory Road (1980)	Future Shock (1980)

Glory Road is an album by Gillan, released in October 1980. The album reached #3 in the UK album charts.

1 Track summary
2 Track listing
3 1989 Re-release
4 Personnel
5 Audio files

[edit] Track summary

The US version of the album included "Your Mother Was Right" instead of "Sleeping on the Job". The original UK album came with a free album called For Gillan Fans Only. "Unchain Your Brain" has been re-recorded, and released on Ian Gillan's 2006 release Gillan's Inn. A different version of "Trying to Get to You" can be heard on Gillan's album Cherkazoo and Other Stories.

Glory Road came as a limited edition double LP, and contained the free LP For Gillan Fans Only. When Glory Road was eventually released on CD, most of the For Gillan Fans Only material was included as bonus tracks. However, "Higher and Higher", "Egg Timer (Vice Versa)" and "Harry Lime Theme" failed to make it to CD.

[edit] Track listing

Glory Road LP

Side 1

"Unchain Your Brain" - (3.11) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
"Are You Sure?" - (4.05) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
"Time And Again" - (5.05) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
"No Easy Way" - (6.34) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
"Sleeping On The Job" - (3.11) (Gillan/Towns)

Side 2

"On The Rocks" - (6.39) (Gillan/Towns)
"If You Believe Me" - (7.33) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé/Underwood)
"Running, White Face, City Boy" - (3.11) (Towns)
"Nervous" - (3.44) (Gillan/Towns)

For Gillan Fans Only LP

Side 1

"Higher And Higher" - (3.42) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
"Your Mother was Right" - (7.23) (Gillan/Towns)
"Redwatch" - (3.42) (Tormé/Underwood)
"Abbey Of Thelema" - (6.06) (Gillan/Towns)
"Trying To Get To You" - (3.17) (McCoy/Singleton)

Side 2

"Come Tomorrow" (2.52) (McCoy/Tormé)
"Dragon's Tongue" (5.32) (Towns)
"Post-Fade Brain Damage" (6.03) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
"Egg Timer" (Vice Versa) (7.11) (Samson/Thunderstick/Aylmer/Bruce)
"Harry Lime Theme" (9.27) (Karas)

[edit] 1989 Re-release

In 1989 the album was released in CD format again on the Virgin label. The revised track listing was as follows:

"Unchain Your Brain" - (3.11) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
"Are You Sure?" - (4.05) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
"Time And Again" - (5.05) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
"No Easy Way" - (6.34) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
"Sleeping On The Job" - (3.11) (Gillan/Towns)
"On The Rocks" - (6.39) (Gillan/Towns)
"If You Believe Me" - (7.33) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé/Underwood)
"Running, White Face, City Boy" - (3.11) (Towns)
"Nervous" (3.44) - (Gillan/Towns)
"Your Mother was Right" - (7.23) (Gillan/Towns)
"Redwatch" (3.42) - (Tormé/Underwood)
"Abbey Of Thelema" - (6.06) (Gillan/Towns)
"Trying To Get To You" - (3.17) (McCoy/Singleton)
"Come Tomorrow" (2.52) - (McCoy/Tormé)
"Dragon's Tongue" (5.32) - (Towns)
"Post-Fade Brain Damage" - (6.03) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)

Total running time 78.23

[edit] Personnel

Ian Gillan - vocals
Colin Towns - keyboards
John McCoy - bass guitar
Bernie Tormé - guitar
Mick Underwood - drums

[edit] Audio files

"On The Rocks" (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- a representative sample of the distinctive style of the album — 545 KB
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