On a Wing and a Prayer

On a Wing and a Prayer
On a Wing and a Prayer
Studio album by Gerry Rafferty
Released December 1992
Genre Rock/Pop
Length 57:39
Label Avalanche Records
Producer Gerry Rafferty and Hugh Murphy
Gerry Rafferty chronology
North and South
(1988)		 On a Wing and a Prayer
(1992)		 Over My Head
(1994)

On a Wing and a Prayer is the seventh studio album by Gerry Rafferty. He asked his friend Joe Egan to collaborate on some of the album's songs, some of which were new renditions of Stealers Wheel-era songs.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Gerry Rafferty; except where indicated

  1. "Time's Caught Up on You"
  2. "I See Red" (Rafferty, Jim Rafferty)
  3. "It's Easy to Talk"
  4. "I Could Be Wrong"
  5. "Don't Speak of My Heart" (Rafferty, Jim Rafferty)
  6. "Get Out Of My Life Woman"
  7. "Don't Give Up on Me"
  8. "Hang On"
  9. "Love and Affection"
  10. "Does He Know What He's Taken On"
  11. "The Light of Love" (Rafferty, Jim Rafferty)
  12. "Life Goes On"

Personnel

  • Gerry Rafferty - guitar, vocals
  • Hugh Burns - guitar
  • Arran Ahmun - percussion
  • Bryn Haworth - guitar
  • Pavel Rosak - keyboards, drum programming
  • Mo Foster - bass
  • Joe Egan - background vocals
  • Mel Collins - soprano & baritone saxophone
  • Gavyn Wright - string conductor
  • Melanie Harrold - background vocals
  • Andrew Jackman - cor Anglais
  • Jim Rafferty - background vocals
  • Lianne Carroll - background vocals
  • Julian Littman - background vocals
  • B.J. Cole - steel guitar
  • Nicky Moore - background vocals
  • Jerry Donahue - guitar

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