Back on the Streets is an album

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 by British

United Kingdom

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 blues-rock

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 guitarist

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 Gary Moore

Gary Moore

Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....

, released in 1978, and his first authentic solo record (1973's Grinding Stone album being credited to "The Gary Moore Band"). Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy

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 bassist/vocalist Phil Lynott

Phil Lynott

Philip Parris "Phil" Lynott was an Irish musician who first came to prominence as a founding member, principal songwriter, and frontman of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy....

 and drummer Brian Downey

Brian Downey (drummer)

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 appear on four songs, including UK top 10 single "Parisienne Walkways". On the album's sleeve, Moore is depicted leaving notorious prison Wormwood Scrubs

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 in the Inner London

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 Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

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Side One

1. "Back On The Streets" (Moore/Campbell) – 4:19
2. "Don't Believe A Word" (Phil Lynott
   Phil Lynott
   Philip Parris "Phil" Lynott was an Irish musician who first came to prominence as a founding member, principal songwriter, and frontman of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy....
   
   ) – 3:34
3. "Fanatical Fascists" (Lynott) – 2:44
4. "Flight Of The Snow Moose" (Instrumental) (Moore/Campbell) – 6:59

Side Two

1. "Hurricane" (Instrumental) (Moore/Campbell) – 4:50
2. "Song For Donna" (Moore/Campbell) – 5:22
3. "What Would You Rather Bee Or A Wasp" (instrumental) (Moore/Campbell) – 4:48
4. "Parisienne Walkways" (Lynott, Moore) – 3:08

• Also released on cassette and CD. Songwriting credits are given as they appear on the sleeve. Songs credited to Moore/Campbell on the sleeve are credited solely to Moore on the album label.

Later versions of the CD, and download versions of the album, contain additional tracks:

1. "Spanish Guitar" (Phil Lynott vocals)
2. "Spanish Guitar" (Gary Moore vocals)
3. "Spanish Guitar" (Instrumental)

Download versions additionally contain an otherwise unnamed bonus track 9.

An alternative CD release, also titled Back on the Streets but with a different cover, contains a revised playing order and additional track (Spanish Guitar) available on later issues of the original recording CD.

1. "Back On The Streets" – 4:18
2. "Song For Donna" – 5:22
3. "What Would You Rather Bee Or A Wasp" (Instrumental) – 4:48
4. "Fanatical Fascists" – 2:44
5. "Spanish Guitar" (Moore) – 3:48
6. "Don't Believe A Word" – 3:34
7. "Flight Of The Snow Moose" (Instrumental) – 6:59
8. "Hurricane" (Instrumental) – 4:50
9. "Parisienne Walkways" – 3:08

Yet another release with the same title, but no other apparent connection to the original album, is a 2003 compilation of Gary Moore's greatest hits.

Personnel

• Gary Moore
  Gary Moore
  Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....
  
  : guitars, vocals
• Phil Lynott
  Phil Lynott
  Philip Parris "Phil" Lynott was an Irish musician who first came to prominence as a founding member, principal songwriter, and frontman of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy....
  
  : bass guitar, double bass, acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocals, vocals (CD tracks 2, 3, 8, 9)
• John Mole
  John Mole
  John Mole was an English bass guitar player.Mole was born in Stratford, London. A member of Jon Hiseman's reformed Colosseum II, he went on to work with fellow band members Gary Moore and Don Airey...
  
  : bass guitar (CD tracks 4-7)
• Don Airey
  Don Airey
  Donald Airey has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, succeeding Jon Lord...
  
  : keyboards, organ, piano (CD tracks 1, 4-7)
• Brian Downey
  Brian Downey (drummer)
  Brian Michael Downey is an Irish drummer.Downey is the drummer and a founding member of the rock band Thin Lizzy, and a friend from childhood of co-founder and frontman Phil Lynott. Along with Lynott, Downey was the only constant member of the pioneering hard rock group until their break-up in...
  
  : drums, percussion (CD tracks 2, 3, 8, 9)
• Simon Phillips
  Simon Phillips
  Simon Phillips is an English jazz, pop and rock drummer.-Career:Phillips began to play professionally at the age of twelve in his father's Dixieland band for four years. He was then offered the chance to play in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar...
  
  : drums, percussion (CD tracks 1, 4-7)