Feel the Heat (album) explained

Feel the Heat
Type:Studio album
Artist:The Radiators
Cover:Feel_the_Heat_by_The_Radiators.jpg
Released:March 1980
Studio:Music Farm Studios, Trafalgar Studios; NSW Australia
Genre:Pop/Rock, New wave[1]
Label:WEA[2]
Producer:Charles Fisher, The Radiators
Next Title:You Have the Right to Remain Silent
Next Year:1981

Feel the Heat is the debut studio album by Australian band The Radiators. The album as released in March 1980 and peaked at number 22 on the Australian Albums Chart and was certified platinum,[3] selling 90,000 copies. A limited edition featured a bonus disc with the tracks "Fess' Song" and "Gimme Head".

The Radiators became the first Australian band to have advance/pre-sales on a début album with 6,000 copies being shifted before its release.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Feel the Heat - The Radiators | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . AllMusic . 2014-02-15.
  2. Feel The Heat. The Radiators. Warner Bros. Records. booklet. 1980.
  3. Web site: Albums Pre 1989 Part 2 – Radiators . Ryan (bulion) . Gary . Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung) . 8 April 2012 . 9 April 2012 .
  4. Web site: Mark Gibson . The Radiators — Australian Music History . Australianmusichistory.com . 2007-02-18 . 2014-02-15.
  5. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 245. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.