After Hours (Little River Band album) explained

After Hours
Type:	studio
Artist:	Little River Band
Cover:	AfterHoursLRB.jpg
Released:	April 1976 ; October 1980 (US)
Genre:	Rock
Length:	44:13 (iTunes 2010 re-release)
Label:	EMI Records
Producer:	Little River Band
Prev Title:	Little River Band
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	Diamantina Cocktail
Next Year:	1977

After Hours is the second studio album from the Australian rock band Little River Band, released in April 1976. It peaked at No. 5 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart.

Lead singer Glenn Shorrock names this album as his favourite album by the band.^[1]

The album was released in the US in October 1980.^[1]

In between the recording of After Hours and Diamantina Cocktail, two founding members of the band departed: Ric Formosa (lead guitar) and Roger McLachlan (bass).^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic rating for After Hours is for the 1980 US version that is a compilation of leftovers from the Australian albums following the international release of Diamantina Cocktail.^[3]

Track listing

Australian and European version

Side A

1. "Days on the Road" (G. Goble) – 5:20
2. "Everyday of My Life" (B. Birtles) – 3:45
3. "Broke Again" (B. Birtles/G. Goble) – 3:25
4. "Seine City" (G. Shorrock) – 3:43
5. "Another Runway" (B. Birtles/R. Formosa) – 6:28

Side B

1. "Bourbon Street" (R. Formosa) – 4:22
2. "Sweet Old Fashioned Man" (G. Shorrock) – 4:34
3. "Take Me Home" (B. Birtles) – 5:09
4. "Country Girls" (G. Goble) – 7:11

US version

1. "Seine City" (G. Shorrock) – 3:46
2. "Bourbon Street" (R. Formosa) – 4:22
3. "Sweet Old Fashioned Man" (G. Shorrock) – 4:38
4. "Country Girls" (G. Goble) – 7:13
5. "The Drifter" (G. Goble) – 3:53
6. "L.A. in the Sunshine" (D. Briggs/G. Shorrock) – 3:07
7. "Witchery" (B. Birtles) – 2:48
8. "Raelene Raelene" (B. Birtles) – 4:27
9. "Changed and Different" (G. Goble) – 4:02
10. "The Butterfly" (live) (traditional) – 2:41*
11. "Days on the Road" (live) (G. Goble) – 5:20*
12. "Long Jumping Jeweller" (G. Shorrock) – 4:46*

• *1997 re-release bonus tracks

Personnel

• Beeb Birtles – lead vocals, guitars
• Ric Formosa – guitars, slide guitar, dobro, lead vocals on "Bourbon Street"
• Graham Goble – vocals, guitars
• Roger McLachlan – bass guitar
• Derek Pellicci – drums, percussion
• Glenn Shorrock – lead vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar on "Seine City"

Additional musicians

• Accordion [piano accordion] – Aurora Moratti
• Alto saxophone, Flute – Graeme Lyall
• Cor anglais – Eddy Denton
• Keyboards – Ian Mason
• Mandolin – Kerryn Tolhurst
• Steel guitar [pedal] – Mike Burke (3)
• Tenor saxophone – Tony Buchanan
• Trombone – Don Lock
• Trumpet – Bobby Vinier, Peter Salt

Production details

• Engineering – Ross Cockle (recording and remix)
• Producer – Little River Band

Notes and References

1. Web site: Little River Band Discography . 24 May 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080616091640/http://www.lrb.net/html/disco1.shtml . 16 June 2008 . dead .
2. Web site: 15 June 2004. Little River Band. live. 17 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20040615185835/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=1021. 15 June 2004.
3. Web site: After Hours - Little River Band | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic. AllMusic.
4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 179.