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British Lions
Studio album by
British Lions
Released10 February 1978
GenreRock
Length74:29
LabelVertigo/RSO
ProducerBritish Lions
British Lions chronology
Shouting and Pointing
(1976) 		British Lions
(1978) 		Trouble with Women
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

British Lions is the 1978 debut album by British Lions, the band consisting mainly of members of Mott—Morgan Fisher, Ray Major, Pete Overend Watts and Dale Griffin—alongside singer/guitarist John Fiddler, previously of Medicine Head.[2] It was released on the Vertigo label in the UK and the RSO label in the United States. A single "One More Chance to Run" b/w "Booster" was released by Vertigo in the UK to promote the album. In the US, the track, "Wild in the Streets" went to #87 on the Hot 100.[3]

"One More Chance to Run" was covered by Joe Elliott's Down 'n' Outz on their 2010 album My ReGeneration.

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Fiddler, except where noted.[1]

Original release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."One More Chance to Run" 3:36
2."Wild in the Streets"Garland Jeffreys3:00
3."Break This Fool"Fiddler, Pete Watts5:29
4."International Heroes"Kim Fowley, Kerry Scott4:19
5."Fork Talking Man"Fiddler, Morgan Fisher, Watts4:20
6."My Life's in Your Hands" 5:17
7."Big Drift Away" 8:29
8."Booster"Fiddler, Watts4:07
9."Eat the Rich" 3:40
Re-release (2000 Angel Air CD) bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."One More Chance to Run" (BBC John Peel Show session, May 10, 1978) 3:49
11."Break This Fool" (BBC John Peel Show session, May 10, 1978)Fiddler, Watts5:10
12."Wild in the Streets" (BBC John Peel Show session, May 10, 1978)Jeffreys3:23
13."Wild One" (live, recorded at Woods Club, Plymouth, Devon on April 12, 1978) 6:12
14."Eat the Rich: the Second Course" (demo) 3:52
15."Can't Get Over You" (demo) 3:05
16."Long Distance Love" (demo) 3:30
17."You Got Everything" (demo) 3:00

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Personnel

British Lions

Additional personnel

Technical

References

  1. ^ a b "British Lions - British Lions". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  2. ^ "British Lions - Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn’s Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 110.
  4. ^ "British Lions - British Lions - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 June 2018.



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