On Target is the fifth studio album by British rock band Fastway, and their first album without original frontman Dave King.

On Target
Studio album by
Released1988
StudioChapel Recording Studios, Swaby, Lincolnshire, UK
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length44:23
LabelGWR, Enigma
ProducerEddie Clarke, Lea Hart
Fastway chronology
Trick or Treat
(1986)
On Target
(1988)
Bad Bad Girls
(1990)
Singles from On Target
  1. "A Fine Line" / "Change of Heart"
    Released: 1988
  2. "Dead or Alive" / "Let Him Rock"
    Released: 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal0/10[2]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dead or Alive"Lea Hart, Ray Callcut3:52
2."Change of Heart"Christopher O'Shaughnessy, Eddie Clarke, Hart3:41
3."A Fine Line"Terry Thomas4:55
4."Two Hearts"O'Shaughnessy, Clarke, Hart4:02
5."You"Les White, Thomas3:32
6."Let Him Rock"O'Shaughnessy, Clarke, Hart4:34
7."She Is Danger"Clarke, Hart5:12
8."Show Some Emotion"Bernie Marsden, Brian Badhams, Don Airey, Robert Hawthorn5:05
9."These Dreams"O'Shaughnessy, Clarke, Hart4:19
10."Close Your Eyes"White, Thomas4:11

Personnel

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Fastway
Additional musicians
  • Don Airey, Paul Airey - keyboards
  • Neil Murray - bass
  • Tim 'Nibbs' Carter - bass, backing vocals
  • Terry Thomas - bass synths, backing vocals, arrangements with Fastway
  • Gary Ferguson - drums
  • Christopher O'Shaughnessy - backing vocals, pre-production, arrangements with Fastway
  • Tim Cutting, Bram Tchaikovsky - backing vocals
  • Christine Byford - female vocals on "She Is Danger"
Production
  • Matt Kemp - engineer
  • Vernon Austin - mixing

References

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  1. ^ Anderson, Jason. "Fastway - On target review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 978-1894959315.