Number the Brave explained

Number the Brave
Type:	Studio Album
Artist:	Wishbone Ash
Cover:	NumberTheBrave_WishboneAsh.jpg
Released:	April 1981
Recorded:	Late 1980
Studio:	Criteria Studios, Miami, FL.
Genre:	Hard rock
Length:	40:29
Label:	MCA
Producer:	Nigel Gray
Prev Title:	Live Dates 2
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	The Best of Wishbone Ash
Next Year:	1981

Number the Brave is the 11th studio album by rock band Wishbone Ash. It is the first album in the band's history recorded without founding bassist/vocalist Martin Turner. Turner was replaced (for this album only) by John Wetton, formerly of King Crimson and Uriah Heep. Also featured on Number the Brave was singer Claire Hamill as a backing vocalist, who would join Wishbone Ash on the 1981 tour to promote the album. Following "Vas Dis" on Pilgrimage and "Helpless" on Just Testing, the album featured only the third cover version released by the band on a studio album, Smokey Robinson's "Get Ready", previously a hit for The Temptations.

The album peaked at No. 61 on the UK Albums Chart.^[1]

Track listing

Original UK release

Side one

1. "Loaded" (Laurie Wisefield/Steve Upton/Andy Powell) – 4:10
2. "Where Is the Love" (Upton/Wisefield/Powell) – 3:17
3. "Underground" (Powell/Wisefield/Upton) – 4:13
4. "Kicks on the Street" (Upton/Wisefield/Powell) – 4:14
5. "Open Road" (Upton/Wisefield/Powell) – 5:16

Side two

1. "Get Ready" (Smokey Robinson) – 3:14
2. "Rainstorm" (Wisefield/Upton/Powell) – 4:51
3. "That's That" (John Wetton) – 3:03
4. "Roller Coaster" (Wisefield/Powell/Upton) – 3:18
5. "Number the Brave" (Powell/Upton/Wisefield) – 4:53

Original US release

Side one

1. "Get Ready"
2. "Where Is the Love"
3. "That's That"
4. "Roller Coaster"
5. "Number the Brave"

Side two

1. "Loaded"
2. "Underground"
3. "Rainstorm"
4. "Kicks on the Street"
5. "Open Road"

Personnel

Wishbone Ash

• Andy Powell – vocals (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10), guitar
• Laurie Wisefield – vocals (tracks 1, 7, 9), guitar, slide guitar
• Steve Upton – drums
• John Wetton – bass guitar, keyboards, lead vocal (8)

Additional personnel

• Claire Hamill – backing vocals
• Gasper Lawal – percussion

Production

• Nigel Gray – producer
• Penny Gibbons – coordinator
• Howard Barrett – equipment
• John Sherry – management
• Cream – sleeve design

References

Notes and References

1. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 607.