Number the Brave

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Number the Brave
Studio album by
Wishbone Ash
ReleasedApril 1981
RecordedLate 1980
StudioCriteria Studios, Miami, FL.
GenreHard rock
Length40:29
LabelMCA
ProducerNigel Gray
Wishbone Ash chronology
Live Dates 2
(1980) 		Number the Brave
(1981) 		The Best of Wishbone Ash
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Number the Brave is the 11th studio album by rock band Wishbone Ash. It is the first album in the band's history recorded without founding bassist/vocalist Martin Turner. Turner was replaced (for this album only) by John Wetton, formerly of King Crimson and Uriah Heep. Also featured on Number the Brave was singer Claire Hamill as a backing vocalist, who would join Wishbone Ash on the 1981 tour to promote the album. Following "Vas Dis" on Pilgrimage and "Helpless" on Just Testing, the album featured only the third cover version released by the band on a studio album, Smokey Robinson's "Get Ready", previously a hit for The Temptations.

The album peaked at No. 61 on the UK Albums Chart.[2]

Track listing[edit]

Original UK release[edit]

Side one[edit]

  1. "Loaded" (Laurie Wisefield/Steve Upton/Andy Powell) – 4:10
  2. "Where Is the Love" (Upton/Wisefield/Powell) – 3:17
  3. "Underground" (Powell/Wisefield/Upton) – 4:13
  4. "Kicks on the Street" (Upton/Wisefield/Powell) – 4:14
  5. "Open Road" (Upton/Wisefield/Powell) – 5:16

Side two[edit]

  1. "Get Ready" (Smokey Robinson) – 3:14
  2. "Rainstorm" (Wisefield/Upton/Powell) – 4:51
  3. "That's That" (John Wetton) – 3:03
  4. "Roller Coaster" (Wisefield/Powell/Upton) – 3:18
  5. "Number the Brave" (Powell/Upton/Wisefield) – 4:53

Original US release[edit]

Side one[edit]

  1. "Get Ready"
  2. "Where Is the Love"
  3. "That's That"
  4. "Roller Coaster"
  5. "Number the Brave"

Side two[edit]

  1. "Loaded"
  2. "Underground"
  3. "Rainstorm"
  4. "Kicks on the Street"
  5. "Open Road"

Personnel[edit]

Wishbone Ash
Additional personnel
Production
  • Nigel Gray – producer
  • Penny Gibbons – coordinator
  • Howard Barrett – equipment
  • John Sherry – management
  • Cream – sleeve design

Charts[edit]

Chart (1981) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[3] 61

References[edit]

  1. ^ Number the Brave at AllMusic
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 607. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 30, 2023.


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