Difficult Loves (album) explained

Difficult Loves
Type:	studio
Artist:	Weddings Parties Anything
Cover:	Wpa-difficultloves.jpg
Released:	July 1992
Recorded:	1991
Genre:	Rock / Folk rock
Label:	RooArt/Warner Music/WEA
Producer:	Alan Thorne
Prev Title:	The Big Don't Argue
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	King Tide
Next Year:	1993

Difficult Loves is the fourth studio album released by Australian rock band Weddings Parties Anything.

The album was named after a Gabriel García Márquez short story.^[1] The first single lifted from the album, "Father's Day" reached No. 29 on the Australian Singles Charts.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Mick Thomas.^[3]

1. "Father's Day" – 4:03
2. "Taylor Square" – 3:33
3. "Difficult Loves" – 3:55
4. "Old Ronny" – 5:06
5. "Telephone in Her Car" – 2:55
6. "Nothin' But Time" – 3:23
7. "Alone Amongst Savages" – 4:21
8. "Rambling Girl" – 3:00
9. "Step In, Step Out" – 3:59
10. "The Four Corners of the Earth" – 4:45
11. "For Your Ears Only" – 3:03
12. "Do Not Go Gently" – 3:27

Personnel

Weddings Parties Anything

• Pete Lawler – bass guitar, vocals
• Marcus Schintler – percussion, drums, vocals
• Mick Thomas – guitar, vocals
• Paul Thomas – guitar, vocals
• Mark Wallace – accordion, vocals
• Jen Anderson – violin

Additional musicians

• Stan Armstrong – vocals
• Michael Barclay – vocals
• Ray Pereira – percussion
• Andy Reid – clarinet
• Conway Savage – piano
• Patricia Young – vocals

Charts

Chart (1992)!Peak
position

Notes and References

1. http://www.theage.com.au/news/gig-previews--reviews/mick-thomas-and-the-sure-thing/2006/12/18/1166290460329.html?page=3 The Age – Chris Johnston (18 December 2006)
2. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?key=293419&cat=s australian-charts.com – Weddings Parties Anything – Father's Day
3. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association . . 13 February 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080505235657/http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y . 5 May 2008 .