Hot Wire (Trapeze album)
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| Studio album by Trapeze | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | Island Studios, London and Lee Sound Studios, Birmingham | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, blues rock | |||
| Length | 43:41 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Neil Slaven, Trapeze | |||
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Hot Wire is the fourth studio album by English hard rock band Trapeze. Recorded with producer Neil Slaven at Island Studios, London and Lee Sound Studios, Birmingham, it was released in 1974 by Warner Bros. Records.
Hot Wire was the first Trapeze album recorded since the departure of Glenn Hughes in 1973 to join Deep Purple, and the first to feature his replacement Pete Wright, as well as second guitarist Rob Kendrick. It was the second album by the band to be produced by Neil Slaven, and features eight songs written by guitarist and vocalist Mel Galley and his brother Tom (drummer Dave Holland co-wrote one track).
Music website AllMusic awarded Hot Wire three out of five stars. The album was the second by the band to chart on the US Billboard 200, reaching number 146.
All tracks written by Mel Galley and Tom Galley; "Steal a Mile" co-written by Dave Holland.
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