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On a Wing and a Prayer
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1992
Recorded1991–1992
StudioTye Farm, Hartfield, East Sussex
GenreRock/Pop
Length57:39
LabelAvalanche Records
ProducerGerry Rafferty, Hugh Murphy
Gerry Rafferty chronology
Right Down the Line: The Best of Gerry Rafferty
(1989)
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. The album was heavily influenced by Rafferty's divorce from his wife Carla Ventilla in 1990. They were married for 20 years.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Gerry Rafferty; except where indicated.

  1. "Time's Caught Up on You"
  2. "I See Red" (Jim Rafferty)
  3. "It's Easy to Talk"
  4. "I Could Be Wrong"
  5. "Don't Speak of My Heart" (Gerry Rafferty, Jim Rafferty)
  6. "Get Out of My Life Woman" (Allen Toussaint)
  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" (Gerry Rafferty, Jim Rafferty)
  12. "Life Goes On"

Personnel

  • Gerry Rafferty – acoustic guitar, vocals, backing vocals
  • Hugh Burns – electric guitar
  • Arran Ahmun – percussion, shaker, cymbal, tambourine, congas
  • Bryn Haworth – guitar
  • Paweł Rosak – keyboards, percussion, bass guitar, programming
  • Mo Foster – bass guitar
  • Joe Egan – background vocals
  • Mel Collins – soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Gavyn Wright – string conductor
  • Melanie Harrold – background vocals
  • Andrew Jackman – bassoon, oboe
  • Jim Rafferty – background vocals, Cover Design
  • Lianne Carroll – background vocals
  • Julian Littman – background vocals
  • B.J. Cole – steel guitar
  • Nicky Moore – background vocals
  • Jerry Donahue – electric guitar