Defender (album)

Defender
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1987
Recorded1987
StudioThe Point, London; Olympic Studios, London; West 3 Studios, London; Music Works, London; Redan Studios
GenreBlues rock
Length55:25
LabelCapo/Demon
ProducerRory Gallagher
Rory Gallagher chronology
Jinx
(1982)
Defender
(1987)
Fresh Evidence
(1990)
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Defender is the thirteenth album and tenth studio album by Irish musician Rory Gallagher. Coming after a five-year hiatus from the recording studio, it was his first album released on the Capo label.

The song "Continental Op" was inspired by the nameless fictional detective created by Dashiell Hammett, and was dedicated to Hammett.