''Back It Up'' is a 1983 studio album by

Robin Trower Robin Leonard Trower (born 9 March 1945) is an English rock guitarist who achieved success with Procol Harum throughout 1967–1971, and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio known as the Robin Trower Band. Biography Robin Trowe ...

, and the last to feature

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. It was after this album was released that Trower was dropped by

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because he did not tour to support the album, in addition to the album's lack of radio airplay.

Track listing

Side one

# "Back It Up" (Robin Trower,

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) – 3:54 # "River" (Robin Trower, James Dewar) – 3:51 # "Black to Red" (Robin Trower) – 2:56 # "Benny Dancer" (Robin Trower, James Dewar) – 8:52

Side two

# "Time Is Short" (Robin Trower) – 3:40 # "Islands" (Robin Trower) – 4:04 # "None But the Brave" (Robin Trower,

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) – 2:36 # "Captain Midnight" (Robin Trower, James Dewar) – 3:09 # "Settling the Score" (Robin Trower, Keith Reid) – 5:16

Personnel

* Robin Trower - guitar, producer *

- bass (tracks 1 and 6), vocals *

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- bass (tracks 2–5, 7–9) * Alan Clarke - drums (tracks 1 and 6) * Bob Clouter - drums (tracks 2–5, 7–9) * Jon Walls - recording engineer, mix engineer

References

1983 albums Robin Trower albums Chrysalis Records albums {{1980s-rock-album-stub