Name: Defender (Remastered 2017) by Rory Gallagher
Brand: Rory Gallagher
SKU: 602567370062
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3 (84 reviews)

ALBUM

Released five years after his last effort (an eternity for the prolific Irish blues guitar slinger who had been churning out at least an album a year throughout the '70s), Defender is another quality blues-rock offering. Although Gallagher is in fine tough form here and it was his debut release for his own indie label, there is little difference between this and some of his less stellar '70s albums like Top Priority and Photo-Finish. The pounding, guitar-heavy opener "Kickback City" sounds more like hairy rockers Bad Company than anything approaching the deep Chicago and country blues Gallagher dearly loved. The quality picks up substantially as the volume subsides on "Loanshark Blues," but by-the-books crunch-rockers like "Failsafe Day" and the unfortunately titled "Road to Hell" don't bode well for Gallagher moving out from an increasingly formulaic pigeonhole. There are a few corkers here like "Continental Op," a blazing riff that stands with Gallagher's best work and revisits his familiar cloak-and-dagger theme. The swampy, less abrasive "I Ain't No Saint" also pushes the quality up a few notches, as does his gritty version of Sonny Boy Williamson's "Don't Start Me to Talking," the bluesiest song on the disc and one of the few times he pulls out his greasy slide. "Seven Days" is the lone acoustic track and it's a good one, with piano and harp accompaniment and Gallagher singing like he means it as he takes the part of a criminal fleeing from the electric chair. The 2000 reissue adds a pair of rugged bonus tracks (along with a cleaner sound mix), which are actually better, or certainly as good as the best cuts on the rest of this competent but hardly essential Rory Gallagher disc. ~ Hal Horowitz

1. Kickback City

by Rory Gallagher

Primary Artist: Rory Gallagher; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Composer: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Drums: Brendan O'neil; Performer
Guitar: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Harmonica: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Keyboard: John Cooke; Performer
Performer: John Cooke
Rory Gallagher
Gerry Mcavoy
Brendan O'neil; Performer
Vocals: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Associate Producer: Alan O'duffy; Production
Executive Producer: Daniel Gallagher; Production
Composer Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Other
Mastering Engineer: Andy Pearce; Production
Producer: Alan O'duffy
Rory Gallagher
Daniel Gallagher; Production
Studio Personnel: Andy Pearce; Production

2. Loanshark Blues

by Rory Gallagher

Primary Artist: Rory Gallagher; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Composer: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Drums: Brendan O'neil; Performer
Guitar: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Harmonica: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Keyboard: John Cooke; Performer
Performer: John Cooke
Rory Gallagher
Gerry Mcavoy
Brendan O'neil; Performer
Vocals: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Associate Producer: Alan O'duffy; Production
Executive Producer: Daniel Gallagher; Production
Composer Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Other
Mastering Engineer: Andy Pearce; Production
Producer: Alan O'duffy
Rory Gallagher
Daniel Gallagher; Production
Studio Personnel: Andy Pearce; Production

3. Continental Op

by Rory Gallagher

Primary Artist: Rory Gallagher; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Composer: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Drums: Brendan O'neil; Performer
Guitar: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Harmonica: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Keyboard: John Cooke; Performer
Performer: John Cooke
Rory Gallagher
Gerry Mcavoy
Brendan O'neil; Performer
Vocals: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Associate Producer: Alan O'duffy; Production
Executive Producer: Daniel Gallagher; Production
Composer Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Other
Mastering Engineer: Matt Wortham
Andy Pearce; Production
Producer: Alan O'duffy
Rory Gallagher
Daniel Gallagher; Production
Studio Personnel: Andy Pearce
Matt Wortham; Production

4. I Ain't No Saint

by Rory Gallagher

Primary Artist: Rory Gallagher; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Composer: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Drums: Brendan O'neil; Performer
Guitar: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Harmonica: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Keyboard: John Cooke; Performer
Performer: John Cooke
Rory Gallagher
Gerry Mcavoy
Brendan O'neil; Performer
Vocals: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Associate Producer: Alan O'duffy; Production
Executive Producer: Daniel Gallagher; Production
Composer Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Other
Mastering Engineer: Andy Pearce; Production
Producer: Alan O'duffy
Rory Gallagher
Daniel Gallagher; Production
Studio Personnel: Andy Pearce; Production

5. Failsafe Day

by Rory Gallagher

Primary Artist: Rory Gallagher; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Composer: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Drums: Brendan O'neil; Performer
Guitar: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Harmonica: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Keyboard: John Cooke; Performer
Performer: John Cooke
Rory Gallagher
Gerry Mcavoy
Brendan O'neil; Performer
Vocals: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Associate Producer: Alan O'duffy; Production
Executive Producer: Daniel Gallagher; Production
Composer Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Other
Mastering Engineer: Andy Pearce; Production
Producer: Alan O'duffy
Rory Gallagher
Daniel Gallagher; Production
Studio Personnel: Andy Pearce; Production

6. Road To Hell

by Rory Gallagher

Primary Artist: Rory Gallagher; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Composer: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Drums: Brendan O'neil; Performer
Guitar: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Harmonica: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Keyboard: John Cooke; Performer
Performer: John Cooke
Rory Gallagher
Gerry Mcavoy
Brendan O'neil; Performer
Vocals: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Associate Producer: Alan O'duffy; Production
Executive Producer: Daniel Gallagher; Production
Composer Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Other
Mastering Engineer: Andy Pearce; Production
Producer: Alan O'duffy
Rory Gallagher
Daniel Gallagher; Production
Studio Personnel: Andy Pearce; Production

7. Doing Time

by Rory Gallagher

Primary Artist: Rory Gallagher; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Composer: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Drums: Brendan O'neil; Performer
Guitar: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Harmonica: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Keyboard: John Cooke; Performer
Performer: John Cooke
Rory Gallagher
Gerry Mcavoy
Brendan O'neil; Performer
Vocals: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Associate Producer: Alan O'duffy; Production
Executive Producer: Daniel Gallagher; Production
Composer Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Other
Mastering Engineer: Matt Wortham
Andy Pearce; Production
Producer: Alan O'duffy
Rory Gallagher
Daniel Gallagher; Production
Studio Personnel: Andy Pearce
Matt Wortham; Production

8. Smear Campaign

by Rory Gallagher

Primary Artist: Rory Gallagher; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Composer: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Drums: Brendan O'neil; Performer
Guitar: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Harmonica: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Keyboard: John Cooke; Performer
Performer: John Cooke
Rory Gallagher
Gerry Mcavoy
Brendan O'neil; Performer
Vocals: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Associate Producer: Alan O'duffy; Production
Executive Producer: Daniel Gallagher; Production
Composer Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Other
Mastering Engineer: Andy Pearce; Production
Producer: Alan O'duffy
Rory Gallagher
Daniel Gallagher; Production
Studio Personnel: Andy Pearce; Production

9. Don't Start Me To Talkin'

by Rory Gallagher

Primary Artist: Rory Gallagher; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Composer: Sonny Boy Williamson
Sonny Boy Williamson Ii; Composer
Drums: Brendan O'neil; Performer
Guitar: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Harmonica: Mark Feltham; Performer
Lyricist: Sonny Boy Williamson; Composer
Keyboard: John Cooke; Performer
Performer: John Cooke
Rory Gallagher
Gerry Mcavoy
Mark Feltham
Bob Andrews
Brendan O'neil; Performer
Piano: Bob Andrews; Performer
Vocals: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Associate Producer: Alan O'duffy; Production
Executive Producer: Daniel Gallagher; Production
Composer Lyricist: Sonny Boy Williamson; Other
Mastering Engineer: Andy Pearce
Matt Wortham; Production
Producer: Daniel Gallagher
Alan O'duffy
Rory Gallagher; Production
Studio Personnel: Andy Pearce
Matt Wortham; Production

10. Seven Days

by Rory Gallagher

Primary Artist: Rory Gallagher; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Composer: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Drums: Brendan O'neil; Performer
Guitar: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Harmonica: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Keyboard: John Cooke
Lou Martin; Performer
Performer: John Cooke
Rory Gallagher
Gerry Mcavoy
Lou Martin
Brendan O'neil; Performer
Vocals: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Associate Producer: Alan O'duffy; Production
Executive Producer: Daniel Gallagher; Production
Composer Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Other
Mastering Engineer: Andy Pearce; Production
Producer: Alan O'duffy
Rory Gallagher
Daniel Gallagher; Production
Studio Personnel: Andy Pearce; Production

11. Seems To Me

by Rory Gallagher

Primary Artist: Rory Gallagher; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Composer: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Drums: Brendan O'neil; Performer
Guitar: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Harmonica: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Keyboard: John Cooke; Performer
Performer: John Cooke
Rory Gallagher
Gerry Mcavoy
Brendan O'neil; Performer
Vocals: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Associate Producer: Alan O'duffy; Production
Executive Producer: Daniel Gallagher; Production
Composer Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Other
Mastering Engineer: Andy Pearce; Production
Producer: Alan O'duffy
Rory Gallagher
Daniel Gallagher; Production
Studio Personnel: Andy Pearce; Production

12. No Peace For The Wicked

by Rory Gallagher

Primary Artist: Rory Gallagher; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Gerry Mcavoy; Performer
Composer: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Drums: Brendan O'neil; Performer
Guitar: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Harmonica: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Composer
Keyboard: John Cooke; Performer
Performer: John Cooke
Rory Gallagher
Gerry Mcavoy
Brendan O'neil; Performer
Vocals: Rory Gallagher; Performer
Associate Producer: Alan O'duffy; Production
Executive Producer: Daniel Gallagher; Production
Composer Lyricist: Rory Gallagher; Other
Mastering Engineer: Andy Pearce; Production
Producer: Alan O'duffy
Rory Gallagher
Daniel Gallagher; Production
Studio Personnel: Andy Pearce; Production

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

12 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

55 minutes and 42 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1000x1000 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

All tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

8/12 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Blues, Blues & Boogie Rock

Label

UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)

Music Distribution Service

UMG Global

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Dec 31, 1987

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

602567370062

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Defender (Remastered 2017)

1. Kickback City

2. Loanshark Blues

3. Continental Op

4. I Ain't No Saint

5. Failsafe Day

6. Road To Hell

7. Doing Time

8. Smear Campaign

9. Don't Start Me To Talkin'

10. Seven Days

11. Seems To Me

12. No Peace For The Wicked

Technical Specifications

Defender (Remastered 2017)

Product information

Release options

1. Kickback City

2. Loanshark Blues

3. Continental Op

4. I Ain't No Saint

5. Failsafe Day

6. Road To Hell

7. Doing Time

8. Smear Campaign

9. Don't Start Me To Talkin'

10. Seven Days

11. Seems To Me

12. No Peace For The Wicked

Technical Specifications