Flame (Real Life album) explained

Flame
Type:	Album
Artist:	Real Life
Cover:	Flame, Real Life album cover.jpg
Released:	October 1985
Producer:	Peter Henderson
Prev Title:	Master Mix
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Down Comes the Hammer
Next Year:	1986

Flame is the second studio album from the Australian band Real Life. It was released in October 1985 on Glenn Wheatley's Wheatley Records in Australia. The album peaked at No. 42 on the Australian Kent Music Report.^[1]

Reception

Tomas Mureika from AllMusic said "David Sterry and Richard Zatorski again have assembled a collection of solid synth pop singles-that-could-have-been," adding, "The hooky verses and singalong chorus were designed for radio play, but it was not meant to be."

Track listing

All songs written by David Sterry and Richard Zatorski.

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.^[2]

Real Life

• David Sterry – vocals, guitar
• Richard Zatorski – keyboards, violin
• Allan Johnson – bass
• Danny Simcic – drums, drum programming

Additional musicians

• Steve Boltz – saxophone ("I Wish")
• Wilbur Wilde – guitar solo ("The Legend")
• Nicholai Ugrinsky – additional drum programming

Technical

• Peter Henderson – producer, engineer
• Paul Schroeder – assistant engineer
• Peter Thompson – assistant engineer
• Edu Meyer – assistant engineer
• Steve Hall – mastering
• Shoot That Tiger! – artwork
• Tomek and Eryk – photography

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Australia	October 1985		Wheatley Records	SFL1 0128
United States of America	1985		Curb Records, MCA Records,	MCA-5639

Notes and References

1. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. St Ives. 1993. 247. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
2. Flame . . 1985 . Inner sleeve . Wheatley Records . SFL1 0128.