Stage Struck (album)


Stage Struck is the eleventh album and the third live album by Irish singer/guitarist Rory Gallagher. Released in 1980, it documents his world tour in support of his 1979 album Top Priority. Accordingly, it features many songs from that album, but it also includes songs from his previous albums. The album sees Gallagher taking a faster-paced, more hard rock sound than on his previous blues-dominated live albums. Originally released with eight tracks, Stage Struck was augmented with two bonus tracks when reissued in 1999, four years after Gallagher's death, by his younger brother and manager, Dónal Gallagher.

Reception

In 2005, Stage Struck was ranked number 419 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.

Track listing

All songs composed by Rory Gallagher.
Side one
  1. "Shin Kicker" – 3:58
  2. "Wayward Child" – 4:32
  3. "Brute Force and Ignorance" – 4:32
  4. "Moonchild" – 6:06
Side two
  1. "Follow Me" – 5:56
  2. "Bought and Sold" – 4:39
  3. "The Last of the Independents" – 5:39
  4. "Shadow Play" – 5:08
CD bonus track
  1. "Bad Penny" – 6:39
  2. "Keychain" – 5:03

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