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{{Infobox album
| name       = Tea Break Over–Back on Your 'Eads!
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[If (band)|If]]
| cover      = If_Tea_Break_Over.jpeg
| alt        =
| released   = 7 March 1975
| recorded   = July & August 1974 at Pyramid Sounds. Mixed at [[The Hit Factory]].
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Jazz rock]]<br />[[Progressive rock]]
| length     = 38:58
| label      = [[Capitol Records]] (US)<br />[[Gull (record label)|Gull]] (UK)<br />[[Brain Records|Brain]] (Germany)
| producer   = Jon Child, [[Cliff Davies (musician)|Cliff Davies]], [[Lew Futterman]]
| prev_title = [[Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces]]
| prev_year  = 1974
| next_title = [[Forgotten Roads: The Best of If]]
| next_year  = 1995
}}
'''''Tea Break Over–Back on Your 'Eads!''''' is the eighth studio album by British jazz-rock band [[If (band)|If]]. Released on 7 March 1975, it was their final studio album for over 40 years, until the release of ''If 5'' in 2016 following their reunion. ''Tea Break Over'' was followed in 1995 by a compilation CD covering tracks from the first three LPs featuring the band's previous line-up.
The album reflects the band's more rock-influenced style, perfectly balanced with Dick Morrissey's harsher [[hard bop]]/[[bebop]] sax playing. The title track "Tea Break", referring to the hardships of being "on the road", is the [[punch line]] to an old musicians' joke and contains a tribute to [[Charlie Parker]] in the lyrics ("The Bird was the man to be heard" and "The music was the word") as well as in a swirling bebop tenor solo. The "Ballad of the Yessirom Kid", a tribute by the band to Dick Morrissey, finishes with a roaring bebop tenor solo. "Song for Alison" features the flute more than holding its own with a rock accompaniment. The song "Don Quixote" opens with an extensive acoustic [[Classical guitar|Spanish guitar]] solo by Whitehorn.
== Track listing ==
(LP version<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/IF-Tea-Break-Over-Back-On-Your-Eads/release/772486 |title=IF (6) - Tea-Break Over-Back On Your 'Eads! (LP) at Discogs |year=1974 |publisher=www.discogs.com |accessdate=2009-10-28 }}</ref> - the CD re-release varies the order slightly)
===Side one===
#"Merlin the Magic Man" <small>(Davies)</small> – 5:05
#"I Had a Friend" <small>(Davies)</small> – 4:30
#"Tea Break Over, Back on Your 'Eads" <small>(Whitehorn, Davies, Monaghan)</small> – 6:05
===Side two===
#"Ballad of the Yessirrom Kid" <small>(Davies)</small> – 5:20
#"Raw Sewage" <small>(Davies)</small> – 6:13
#"Song for Alison" <small>(Morrissey)</small> – 3:55
#"Don Quixote's Masquerade" <small>(Davies)</small> – 7:50
==Personnel==
* [[Geoff Whitehorn]] – [[electric guitar|electric]] and [[acoustic guitar]]s, lead vocals
* [[Dick Morrissey]] – electric & acoustic tenor, alto & soprano saxes; flute
* Gabriel Magno – keyboards, organ, piano, [[synthesiser]]
* Walt Monaghan – [[bass guitar|bass]], backing vocals
* [[Cliff Davies (musician)|Cliff Davies]] – [[drum kit|drums]], vibraphone, backing vocals
Guest:
* Carlos Martinez – [[percussion]]
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