Back on Top

Back on Top may refer to:

Back on Top (Van Morrison album)

Back on Top is the twenty-seventh studio album by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison. It was released in 1999 by Point Blank. This album marks a slight return to the forms of music he is most known for: blues and R&B. Upon the album's release, Rolling Stone reviewed it as "one Monet and nine Norman Rockwells", the "Monet" being "When the Leaves Come Falling Down" which it called a masterpiece.

The 29 January 2008 reissued and remastered version of the album contains an alternative take of "Philosopher's Stone" and a new arrangement of Fats Domino's song, "Valley of Tears".

Recording

Recorded at the Wool Hall Studios, south of Bath, England, except strings, which were recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland. The musicians on the album are understated with Ian Jennings playing double bass, Geraint Watkins playing Hammond organ and Pee Wee Ellis on saxophones.

Composition

The opening song "Goin' Down Geneva", a very blues influenced tune, is set in European cities instead of the American South as typical for blues songs.

Back on Top (The Front Bottoms album)

Back on Top is the fifth studio album by indie rock band The Front Bottoms. It was released on September 18, 2015, on Fueled by Ramen, their first for the label.

Composition

In an interview, frontman Brian Sella talked about the idea for the album title. He stated that "The inspiration for the name Back On Top sort of just came from… it was an idea that we had like, a while ago, when we all kind of got a kick out it. We thought it was pretty funny, it was a little bit cocky, but also kind of confusing because it didn’t make any sense, which we thought was kind of our style. You can kind of grasp on different parts of it."

He then went on to talk about the writing and recording process, stating "the writing and recording process sort of… we wrote the album, and then we went out to record it in California. The recording process was intense, and it was the most “professional,” I guess you could say, style of recording that we’ve ever done. We got to work with an awesome producer and we got to throw our ideas at him, and I think we got to kind of learn how to make an album professionally, you know? We were like, “All right, we’re making an album, we got a job, we’re here to do it,” and we were very proud of how it came out, for sure."

On Top

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See also

On Top (Flume song)

"On Top" was released as the first single from Flume's debut studio album, Flume. It features American rapper T.Shirt. The track reached its peak of 57 in Australia on 4 March 2013 and was certified Gold.

Music video

The music video was directed by Angus Lee Forbes and released on 3 June 2012.

Track listing

Charts

Certifications

References

On Top (Twista song)

"On Top" is the second single by American rapper Twista of his seventh album Category F5. The song features R&B singer Akon and was produced by GoodWill & MGI, "On Top" was confirmed as the second official single of Twista's seventh album, after the lead single Wetter featuring singer Erika Shevon

The remix version of the song features Akon and two verses from Bulgarian R&B singer LiLana.

Samples

The song uses samples from the single “Sound of Arena” by Finnish DJ/Producer Kimmo Kauppinen.