''Love on the Wire'' (1977) is the fourth album by

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. It was released on

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in the UK. In the

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, it was released on

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. William Ruhlmann of

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rated it 3 out of 5 stars, noting that it had a "harder rock edge" than the previous albums.

Track listing

#"Hearts Under Fire" (Alex Call, Sean Hooper, Clover) – 5:37 #"Southern Belles" (Alex Call, Hugh Cregg, Sean Hooper, Clover) – 3:24 #"Oh Señorita" (Alex Call, John McFee, Clover) – 4:24 #"Still Alive" (Alex Call, Hugh Cregg, Clover) – 3:51 #"Keep On Rollin" (

Jerry Leiber Lyricist Jerome Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Michael Stoller (born March 13, 1933) were American songwriting and record producing partners. They found success as the writers of such Crossover music, crossover hit songs ...

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) – 2:40 #"California Kid" (Alex Call, Clover) – 3:40 #"Easy Love" (Alex Call, Hugh Cregg, John McFee, John Ciambotti,

Robert John Lange The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

, Sean Hooper) – 3:56 #"Ain’t Nobody Own Nobody’s Soul" (Alex Call, Hugh Cregg, Robert John Lange, Clover) – 3:47 #"From Now On" (Alex Call, John McFee, John Ciambotti, Clover) – 3:37 #"Travellin’ Man" (

Jerry Fuller Jerry Fuller (born November 19, 1938) is an American songwriter, singer and record producer. Biography Jerry Fuller was born in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, to a musical family. He and his brother Bill performed as a duo in their home state ...

) – 4:10

Personnel

Clover

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– lead vocals, guitar *

Huey Lewis Hugh Anthony Cregg III (born July 5, 1950), known professionally as Huey Lewis, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. Lewis sings lead and plays harmonica for his band, Huey Lewis and the News, in addition to writing or co-writing many o ...

– lead vocals, harmonica *

John McFee John McFee (born September 9, 1950, Santa Cruz, California) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist, and long-time member of The Doobie Brothers. Biography Some of McFee's early and non-Doobie ...

– lead guitar, slide guitar, pedal steel, vocals *

Sean Hopper Hopper or hoppers may refer to: Places *Hopper, Illinois *Hopper, West Virginia * Hopper, a mountain and valley in the Hunza–Nagar District of Pakistan *Hopper (crater), a crater on Mercury People with the name * Hopper (surname), a list of pe ...

– keyboards, percussion, vocals * John Ciambotti – Fender bass, vocals *

Tony Braunagel Tony Braunagel is an American drummer, producer, and songwriter from Houston, Texas, United States, who is based in Los Angeles, California. Braunagel has played on many film scores and television shows as well as numerous albums as a musician, ...

– drums

Technical

*Robert John Lange, Ted Sharp - recording engineer * Bill Price, Robert John Lange - mixing engineer *Peter Gravelle - photography

References

1977 albums Clover (band) albums Albums produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange Vertigo Records albums Mercury Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub