Love on the Airwaves explained

Love on the Airwaves
Type:studio
Artist:Gallagher and Lyle
Cover:Love on the Airwaves.jpg
Released:1977
Genre:Rock
Label:A&M
Producer:David Kershenbaum
Prev Title:Breakaway
Prev Year:1976
Next Title:Showdown
Next Year:1978

Love on the Airwaves is the sixth studio album by Scottish duo Gallagher and Lyle and was released in 1977.

The album contained the U.K. Top 40 single "Every Little Teardrop"[1]

Track listing

All songs are written and performed by Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle, with additional horn arrangements by John Mumford and Jimmy Jewell and string arrangements by Brian Rogers.


Side 1

  1. "Love on the Airwaves" - 4:20
  2. "The Runaway" - 5:53
  3. "Every Little Teardrop" - 3:52
  4. "I Had to Fall in Love" - 5:09
  5. "Street Boys" - 3:46

Side 2

  1. "Never Give Up On Love" - 3:23
  2. "Dude in the Dark" - 4:43
  3. "Head Talk" - 3:49
  4. "Call for the Captain" - 4:05
  5. "It Only Hurts When I Laugh" - 2:57

Singer Jean Terrell released her first and only solo album a year after Love on the Airwaves under the name "I Had to Fall in Love". This title is taken from the Gallagher and Lyle song of the same name of which she covered on the album.

Charts

Album Chart Position

The peak position that the album reached on album charts

YearCountryPeak
position
1977U.K. 19
1977Australia (Kent Music Report)83[2]

Every Little Teardrop

The lead single from the album, "Every Little Teardrop" charted in some countries:

!Year !Country !Peak position
1977Ireland5[3]
1977U.K.32
1977Australia67

Personnel

Technical

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GALLAGHER & LYLE full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. 2021-03-10. www.officialcharts.com.
  2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 120.
  3. Web site: The Irish Charts - All there is to know. 2021-03-10. www.irishcharts.ie.