Australian Crawl discography explained

Artist:Australian Crawl
Studio:4
Live:3
Compilation:7
Video:3
Ep:1
Singles:17

Australian Crawl was an Australian surf / pop rock band. The band released four studio albums, three live albums, six compilations, seventeen singles, one extended play, and three video albums. These include releases credited to Australian Crawl, Australian Crawl and James Reyne (but not his solo material), and 'Members of Australian Crawl'. The band was founded by James Reyne (lead vocals/piano), his younger brother David Reyne (drums), Brad Robinson (rhythm guitar), Paul Williams (bass guitar) and Simon Binks (lead guitar) in 1978.[1] [2] David Reyne left in 1979 and was replaced by Bill McDonough (drums, percussion),[3] and in October 1980 the band was joined by his younger brother Guy McDonough (vocals, rhythm guitar).[3] [4] In 1979, Australian Crawl recorded their first single, "Beautiful People", produced by Little River Band's guitarist David Briggs.[3] Briggs helped them gain a recording contract with EMI Records;[1] he also produced their debut album The Boys Light Up in 1980,[3] [5] which peaked at number four on the Australian Kent Music Report album charts and remained on the charts for 101 consecutive weeks from 1981 to 1982.[6]

The band's second album, Sirocco, was released in 1981 and achieved number one on the albums charts.[3] [6] On the 1981 Australian End of Year Album Charts, Sirocco is number two, behind Double Fantasy by John Lennon and ahead of AC/DC's Back in Black, making it the best-charting album by an Australian act for the year.[6] [7] [8] Their third album, Sons of Beaches, was released in 1982; it also reached number one.[6] Bill McDonough left before they recorded their extended play, Semantics, in 1983,[3] [6] which achieved number one on the Kent Music Report singles chart.[1] [6] Bill McDonough was replaced on drums, temporarily by Graham Bidstrup and permanently by John Watson.[1] [3] Semantics contained the track "Reckless (Don't Be So)", which is described as a number one-single in Music Australia's profile on James Reyne.[4] [8] [9] The live album Phalanx was a stop-gap measure between studio albums; nevertheless, it reached number four on the albums charts during December 1983.[1] In early 1984, the band signed with Geffen Records for international release of their material.[1]

In 1984, the band released the best of their early material as a compilation titled Crawl File, which peaked at number two on the albums charts.[6] Geffen released Semantics, internationally, as a long play album with six newly re-recorded tracks compiled from their first three studio albums.[10] Promotion of the album and the subsequent tour was stalled when Guy McDonough died in June of viral pneumonia.[1] [2] Before Guy's death, he had recorded demos with his brother Bill McDonough, and ex-members of their earlier band, The Flatheads.[3] [11] Bill McDonough assembled the tapes and produced Guy McDonough's posthumous album My Place on Wheatley Records in April 1985.[1] [11] [12] Tracks from these sessions were re-mastered and released on Lost & Found in 1996, credited under the 'Members of Australian Crawl' name.[13] Meanwhile, remaining Australian Crawl members had recorded their fourth studio album, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, which was released in 1985 and achieved number 11 on the albums charts. This was followed by the announcement that they would disband after another tour.[1] The live album, The Final Wave recorded their performance on 27 January 1986;[1] it was released in October and peaked at number 16 on the albums charts.[6]

Australian Crawl were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame on 30 September 1996.[14] Two weeks later, on 13 October 1996, Robinson died of lymphoma.[1] [14] [15] After Lost & Found, another compilation was released, More Wharf: Their Greatest Hits in 1998.[3] This was followed by the compilation , released in 2000 and credited to Australian Crawl and James Reyne. This was followed by the compilation Australian Crawl and James Reyne: The Definitive Collection, released in 2002.[3]

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
AUS
NZ
[16]
The Boys Light Up
  • Released: April 1980
  • Label: EMI (EMX102)
  • Format: LP
4 14
Sirocco
  • Released: July 1981
  • Label: EMI (EMX108)
  • Format: LP
1
  • ARIA: 4× Platinum
Sons of Beaches
  • Released: July 1982
  • Label: EMI (EMI 3423)
  • Format: LP
1 29
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
  • Released: July 1985
  • Label: EMI, Freestyle (SFL1-0134)
  • Format: LP
11
"—" denotes releases that did not chart and/or did not receive certification.

Live albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart
positions
AUS
[17]
NZ
Phalanx
  • Released: December 1983
  • Label: EMI (EMI P-4000)
  • Format: LP
4 13
The Final Wave
  • Released: September 1986
  • Label: EMI, Freestyle (SFL1-0142)
  • Format: LP
16
Live at Billboard 1981
  • Released: 1 July 2020[18] [19]
  • Label: Australian Crawl, Black Box, MGM Distribution
  • Format: CD (limited), DD, streaming
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
AUS
Semantics
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Geffen (GHS 4028)
  • Format: LP
Crawl File
  • Released: November 1984
  • Label: EMI (EMC245)
  • Format: CD, LP
2
Lost & Found
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: EMI, Global (GRCD 0001)
  • Format: CD
More Wharf: Greatest Hits
  • Released: 16 October 1998
  • Label: Virgin, EMI (EMI 4973272)
  • Format: CD
Reckless: 1979–1995
  • Released: 26 May 2000
  • Label: EMI, Raven (RVCD-83)
  • Format: CD
The Definitive Collection
  • Released: 14 October 2002
  • Label: EMI (5423512)
  • Format: 2CD
The Greatest Hits
  • Released: 24 January 2014
  • Label: Universal (3766933)
  • Format: CD
4
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Video albums

Title! scope="col"
Video details
The Crawl Video File
  • Released: 1985[21]
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: VHS
More Wharf: Their Greatest Video Hits
  • Released: 9 November 1998[22] [23]
  • Label: EMI 152302 (EMIVIDEO)
  • Format: VHS
Australian Crawl and James Reyne: The Definitive Collection
  • Released: May 2004[24] [25]
  • Label: EMI 724359 9292 9 3
  • Format: 2DVD

Extended plays

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
AUS
Semantics
  • Released: 10 October 1983
  • Label: EMI (BUG-3)
  • Format: 12" vinyl
1

Singles

Year!scope="col" rowspan="2"
TitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
AUS
NZ
1979"Beautiful People"22The Boys Light Up
1980"The Boys Light Up"22
"Downhearted"1225
1981"Things Don't Seem"11Sirocco
"Errol"18
"Oh No Not You Again"58
1982"Shut Down"17Sons of Beaches
"Daughters of the Northern Coast"76
"Runaway Girls"88
"Santa Claus Is Back in Town"[27]
1983"Reckless (Don't Be So)"18Semantics EP
1984"Louie Louie"81Phalanx
"Unpublished Critics"Crawl File
1985"Two Can Play"44Between a Rock and a Hard Place
"If This Is Love"87
"Trouble Spot Rock"69
1986"Two Hearts"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Other appearances

YearSong contributedAlbum
1982"Six Days on the Road" (Dave Dudley cover)Rocking Australia Live[28]
"Unpublished Critics" (live version)Rocking Australia Live

References

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Notes

  1. Encyclopedia: McFarlane . Ian . Ian McFarlane . . Encyclopedia entry for 'Australian Crawl' . 24 April 2009 . 1999 . . . 1-86508-072-1 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040803073711/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=49 . August 3, 2004 .
  2. Web site: Australian Crawl . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120726191200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14231/20120727-0512/www.howlspace.com.au/en/australiancrawl/australiancrawl.htm . Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll) . Nimmervoll . Ed . Ed Nimmervoll . 26 July 2012 . 10 February 2014 .
  3. Web site: Australian Crawl . . Magnus Holmgren . 14 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090501150541/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/australiancrawl.html . 1 May 2009 . dead .
  4. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p15545|pure_url=yes}} Australian Crawl > Biography]. Mureika. Tomas. Allmusic. Macrovision. 14 April 2009.
  5. Web site: The Boys Light Up. Microsoft. 14 April 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20110519012800/http://music.msn.com/music/album/australian-crawl/the-boys-light-up/. 19 May 2011. dead.
  6. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian singles and albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  7. Book: Angus Cameron. The Second Australian almanac : an 800-page databank crammed with essential information for every Australian. Angus & Robertson. 1986. 345. North Ryde, NSW. 0-207-15232-2.
  8. The Final Wave. The Final Wave. Australian Crawl. 1986. Ed. St. John. EMI. .
  9. Web site: James Reyne. Music Australia. National Library of Australia. 3 April 2007. 29 May 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604045457/http://www.musicaustralia.org/apps/MA?function=showDetail&currentMapsRecord=destra%20Media~90B3AE74-BEFC-4DFA-8504-B8483CEE2017&itemSeq=3&total=6&&returnFunction=searchResults&scope=scope&simpleTerm=reyne&sessionId=reuseSearch481A633702A4D6C5332B3F113A8F055B1220626358980. 4 June 2011. dead.
  10. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r29557|pure_url=yes}} Semantics > Overview]. Schnee. Stephen SPAZ. Allmusic. Macrovision. 15 April 2009.
  11. Web site: Guy McDonough . Australian Rock Database . Magnus Holmgren . 14 April 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080319134507/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/m/mcdonoughguy.html . 19 March 2008 .
  12. Web site: Obscure 80's/MFV Archive . New Wave Outpost . 14 April 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070807054706/http://www.nwoutpost.com/mfv_detail.asp?mfv_id=220 . 7 August 2007 .
  13. Web site: Lost & Found album insert . James Reyne Official website . 14 April 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080727072556/http://www.jamesreyne.com.au/forum/index.php?topic=201.0 . 27 July 2008 .
  14. Web site: 1996: 10th Annual ARIA Awards . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 14 April 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071214142950/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1996 . December 14, 2007 .
  15. Web site: Master Blaster. Australian Tennis Magazine. December 1996. Petkovski. Suzi. 14 April 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091020052441/http://geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/5326/art1.html. 2009-10-20. dead.
  16. Web site: Steffen Hung . Australian Crawl - Downhearted . charts.nz . 2010-11-24 . 2020-04-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200403060407/https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Australian+Crawl&titel=Downhearted&cat=s . live .
  17. Web site: Discography Australian Crawl. australian-charts.com. 24 April 2009. 14 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120214003522/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Australian+Crawl. live. NOTE: Information supplied by ARIA shows that Australian Crawl has no Top 50 charting albums or singles since they started their charts in mid-1988.
  18. Web site: ARCA Desk Tape Series. Support Act. 9 May 2021. 9 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509062249/https://supportact.org.au/get-help/roadies/australian-road-crew-association-a-r-c-a/arca-desktape-series/. live.
  19. Web site: Live at Billboard 1981 (DD). Apple Music. 1 July 2020. 9 May 2021. 24 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210124220149/https://music.apple.com/au/album/live-at-billboard-1981/1518764202. live.
  20. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2019 Albums. ARIA. November 2019. 1 February 2020. 7 August 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080807133822/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2004.htm. live.
  21. Web site: Crawl Video File, The . Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia). Australian Federal Government. 2009-05-26.
  22. Web site: Catalogue Details - Australian Crawl, Greatest Hits and More Wharf. State Reference Library of Western Australia. 2009-05-26.
  23. Web site: Australian Crawl - Greatest Hits and More Wharf . Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia). Australian Federal Government. 2009-05-26.
  24. Web site: Archived Australasian Releases: May 2004 . . 2009-05-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090914074806/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ArchivedAustralianReleases-May2004.htm . 2009-09-14 .
  25. Web site: The Definitive Collection - Australian Crawl . Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia). . 2009-05-26.
  26. International Dateline. Cash Box. World Radio History. 18. 25 February 1984. 8 December 2021. 27 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211127200514/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-02-25.pdf. live.
  27. Web site: single cover of "Santa Claus is Back in Town". Rate Your Music.com. 2009-05-26.
  28. Web site: Rocking Australia Live. Rate Your Music. 29 April 2009.