''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" (

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

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, 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" (

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) – 4:10

Personnel

Clover

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– lead vocals, guitar *

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– lead vocals, harmonica *

John McFee John McFee (born September 9, 1950) 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 Brothers work includes pl ...

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

Sean Hopper Sean Thomas Hopper is an American musician, playing keyboards. He is a founding member of the American rock band Huey Lewis and the News. Biography Sean Hopper was born in San Francisco on March 31, 1953. Hopper has played in bands since the e ...

– 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