You Are the Music...We're Just the Band

You Are the Music...We're Just the Band is the third studio album by English hard rock band Trapeze. Recorded with producer Neil Slaven, it was released in 1972 by Threshold Records. The album was preceded by the release of the single "Coast to Coast" in 1972.

Background

You Are the Music...We're Just the Band was the last Trapeze album recorded by the lineup of Glenn Hughes, Mel Galley and Dave Holland, as Hughes left the band in 1973 to join Deep Purple.^[1] The album was also the band's first not to be produced by John Lodge, and featured a wide range of guest performers, including guitarist B. J. Cole, pianist Rod Argent and saxophonist Jimmy Hastings.^[2] Five of the album's eight songs were written by Hughes, while the other three were written by Galley and his brother Tom.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]

Critical reception for You Are the Music...We're Just the Band was generally positive. A review published on AllMusic awarded the album four out of five stars, with writer Richard Foss praising Hughes's vocal performances and the "softer tunes" of the album.^[3] Foss named "Coast to Coast" and "What Is a Woman's Role" as particular highlights.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Keepin' Time"	Mel Galley, Tom Galley	3:42
2.	"Coast to Coast"	Glenn Hughes	4:02
3.	"What Is a Woman's Role"	Hughes	5:45
4.	"Way Back to the Bone"	Hughes	5:30
5.	"Feelin' So Much Better Now"	Hughes	3:40
6.	"Will Our Love End"	Hughes	5:07
7.	"Loser"	M. Galley, T. Galley	4:45
8.	"You Are the Music" ("You Are the Music, We're Just the Band" on later releases)	M. Galley, T. Galley	5:21

Personnel

Primary personnel

Glenn Hughes – bass, piano, vocals
Mel Galley – guitar
Dave Holland – drums, percussion
Niel Slaven – production
John Burns – engineering
Dave Grinsted – engineering
Carl Dunn – photography
Fin Costello – photography
Garry Sharpe-Young – liner notes

Guest musicians

B. J. Cole – steel guitar on "Keepin' Time" and "Coast to Coast"
Rod Argent – electric piano on "Coast to Coast", piano on "Feelin' So Much Better Now"
Kirk Duncan – electric piano on "What Is a Woman's Role"
John Ogden – percussion on "What Is a Woman's Role"
Frank Ricotti – vibraphone on "Will Our Love End"
Jimmy Hastings – alto saxophone on "Will Our Love End"

References

↑ "Trapeze - A Brief History (1969–1994)". Glenn Hughes. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
1 2 You Are the Music...We're Just the Band (Media notes). Trapeze. Threshold Records. 1972.
1 2 3 Foss, Richard. "Trapeze - You Are the Music...We're Just the Band". AllMusic. Retrieved January 24, 2015.

Trapeze

Mel Galley Dave Holland Glenn Hughes John Jones Terry Rowley Pete Wright Rob Kendrick Peter Goalby Stephen Bray Mervyn Spence Kex Gorin Geoff Downes Craig Erickson

Studio albums	Trapeze Medusa You Are the Music...We're Just the Band Hot Wire Trapeze Hold On/Running

Live albums	Live in Texas: Dead Armadillos Live: Way Back to the Bone Welcome to the Real World: Live at the Borderline Live at the Boat Club 1975

Compilations	The Final Swing Way Back to the Bone High Flyers: The Best of Trapeze On the Highwire

Singles	"Send Me No More Letters" "Black Cloud" "Coast to Coast" "On the Sunny Side of the Street" "Don't Ask Me How I Know"

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