''Trapeze'', also known as ''Trapeze 1975'', is the fifth

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band Trapeze. Recorded with producer Steve Smith at Island Studios, London, it was released in 1975 by Warner Bros. Records. The album was preceded by the release of one

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, a cover version of " On the Sunny Side of the Street", originally recorded by

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Reception

Music website AllMusic awarded ''Trapeze'' two out of five stars. Writer Dave Thompson described the album as "a dour little disc, desperately missing the funk infusions of

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and, for the most part, overshadowed even by its disappointing predecessor". Thompson identified opening track "Star Breaker" as "probably the best" song on ''Trapeze'', but summarised the release as "lumpen rock by rote, dull and dismissed by all but the most desperately faithful".

Track listing

Personnel

;Musical personnel * Mel Galley – guitar, vocals *Rob Kendrick – guitar *Pete Wright –

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* Dave Holland –

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– vocals on tracks 3 and 10 ;Additional personnel *Steve Smith – production * Phill Brown – engineering *Bobby Hata – mastering *Seabrook Graves Aslett –

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References

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