On to Victory is the eleventh studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 recorded by the English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Humble Pie

Humble Pie (band)

Humble Pie was a rock band from England, finding success both in the UK and the US. They are remembered for songs such as "Black Coffee" "30 Days in the Hole", "I Don't Need No Doctor", and "Natural Born Bugie"...

 and the first with a new lineup

Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

 including, vocalist and guitarist Steve Marriott

Steve Marriott

Stephen Peter Marriott , popularly known as Steve Marriott, was an English musician, songwriter, and frontman of several notable rock and roll bands, spanning over two decades...

, Drummer Jerry Shirley

Jerry Shirley

Jerry Shirley is an English rock drummer, best known for his work with the rock band Humble Pie and appeared on all their albums...

, vocalist and guitarist Bobby Tench

Bobby Tench

Robert Tench , also known as Bob Tench, Bobby Tench and Bobby Gass is a British vocalist and guitarist. Originally a bass player he began singing with Gass influenced by artists such as Sam Cooke and Ray Charles...

 from The Jeff Beck Group

The Jeff Beck Group

The Jeff Beck Group were an English rock band formed in London in January 1967 by former Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck. Their innovative approach to heavy sounding blues and R&B was a major influence on popular music.- The first Jeff Beck Group :...

, also the respected US East Coast bassist Anthony "Sooty" Jones. They recorded Fool for a Pretty Face, which Marriott had written earlier and the song proved good enough for them to secure a recording contract with Atco

Atco Records

ATCO Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, currently operating through WMG's Rhino Entertainment.-Beginnings:Atco Records was founded in 1955 as a division of Atlantic Records. It was devised as an outlet for productions by one of Atlantic's founders, Herb Abramson, who...

 in 1980. In UK their material was released by Jet Records

Jet Records

Jet Records was a small British record label set up by Don Arden with artists like Electric Light Orchestra , Roy Wood, Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Riot and Magnum. The first release on the "Jet Records" label was "No Honestly", a UK top 10 for its singer and writer Lynsey De Paul in November 1974...

, owned by the former Small Faces

The Small Faces

The Small Faces were an English rock and roll band from East London, heavily influenced by American rhythm and blues. The group was founded in 1965 by members Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones, and Jimmy Winston, although by 1966 Winston was replaced by Ian McLagan as the band's...

 manager Don Arden

Don Arden

Don Arden , born Harry Levy, was an English music manager, agent and businessman, best known for overseeing the careers of rock groups Small Faces, Electric Light Orchestra and Black Sabbath....

. The album peaked #60 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 album chart Fool for a Pretty Face was released as a single and reached #58 on the US singles charts and a promotional tour followed as part of The Rock'n Roll Marathon, supporting Ted Nugent

Ted Nugent

Theodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent is an American guitarist, musician, singer, author, reserve police officer, and activist. From Detroit, Michigan, he originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career...

 and Aerosmith

Aerosmith

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Track listing

A1"Fool for a Pretty Face" (Marriott/Shirley) 4:12

A2"You Soppy Prat" (Marriott/Jones/Shirley) 4:08

A3"Infatuation" (Marriott) 3:45

A4"Take It from Here" (Marriott) 3:3

A5"Savin' It" (Tench/Marriott) 4:41

B1"Baby Don't You Do It

Baby Don't You Do It

-Original version:"Baby Don't You Do It" is a 1964 single by American singer Marvin Gaye. Released on the Tamla label, this song discusses a man who is at a standstill with his girlfriend, who he feels is neglecting his love stating "don't break my heart/...I've tried to do my best".Featured on the...

" (Holland

Brian Holland

Brian Holland is an American songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland. That songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the Motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops,...

/Dozier

Lamont Dozier

Lamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...

/Holland) 3:25

B2"Get It in the End" (Marriott/Jones/Shirley) 2:41

B3"My Lover's Prayer" (Redding

Otis Redding

Otis Ray Redding, Jr. was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger and talent scout. He is considered one of the major figures in soul and R&B...

) 4:02

B4"Further Down the Road" (Marriott/Tench/Jones/Shirley) 4:29

B5"Over You" (Allen Orange/Clarence Toussaint) 2:22


Single
A-side "Fool for a Pretty Face" (Marriott/Shirley) B-side "You Soppy Prat" (Marriott/Jones/Shirley)

Personnel

• Steve Marriott
  Steve Marriott
  Stephen Peter Marriott , popularly known as Steve Marriott, was an English musician, songwriter, and frontman of several notable rock and roll bands, spanning over two decades...
  
   - guitar, harmonica, keyboards, vocals
• Bobby Tench
  Bobby Tench
  Robert Tench , also known as Bob Tench, Bobby Tench and Bobby Gass is a British vocalist and guitarist. Originally a bass player he began singing with Gass influenced by artists such as Sam Cooke and Ray Charles...
  
   - guitar, vocals
• Anthony "Sooty" Jones - bass, vocals
• Jerry Shirley
  Jerry Shirley
  Jerry Shirley is an English rock drummer, best known for his work with the rock band Humble Pie and appeared on all their albums...
  
   - drums
• Cheryl Ashley - backing vocals
• Marge Raymond - backing vocals
• Lisa Zimmerman - backing vocals
• Produced by The Pie and Johnny Wright
• Recorded at Villa Recorders, Modesto, California
  Modesto, California
  Modesto is a city in, and is the county seat of, Stanislaus County, California. With a population of approximately 201,165 at the 2010 census, Modesto ranks as the 18th largest city in the state of California....
  
  
• Remixed at Soundworks, New York, New York
• Engineered by John Wright, Akili Walker, Claig