Ready to Deal explained

Ready to Deal
Type:	Album
Artist:	Renée Geyer Band
Cover:	Renee_Geyer_-_Ready_To_Deal.gif
Released:	November 1975
Recorded:	August – September 1975
Studio:	Armstrongs Studios, Melbourne
Length:	40.33
Label:	RCA/Mushroom
Producer:	Renée Geyer Band, Ernie Rose
Prev Title:	It's a Man's Man's World
Prev Year:	1974
Next Year:	1976

Ready to Deal is the third studio album by Australian singer Renée Geyer. The album was released in November 1975 and peaked at number 21, becoming Geyer's highest-charting album. The album is credited to Renée Geyer Band. The album features the track "Heading in the Right Direction" which became Geyer's first top 40 single in 1976.

"Sweet Love" featured in the 2000 film Chopper starring Eric Bana.^[1]

In October 2010, Ready to Deal was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.^[2]

Track listing

Vinyl/ cassette (VPL1-0105)Side one

"Sweet Love" (Renée Geyer, Mal Logan, Barry Sullivan, Mark Punch, Greg Tell) – 3.22
"If Loving You Is Wrong" (Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson, Carl Hampton) – 4.22
"Spilt Milk" (Logan, Geyer, Sullivan, Tell, Punch) – 5.02
"Whoop" (Logan, Geyer, Sullivan, Tell, Punch) – 6.53

Side Two

"Heading in the Right Direction" (Garry Paige, Punch) – 4.04
"Two Sides" (Geyer, Logan, Sullivan, Punch, Tell) – 3.32
"Ready to Deal" (Geyer, Logan, Sullivan, Punch, Tell) – 3.32
"Love's Got a Hold" (Geyer, Logan, Punch, Sullivan, Tell) – 3.48
"I Really Love You (Geyer, Logan, Sullivan, Punch, Tell) – 5.55

Personnel

Renée Geyer Band members^[3]

Renée Geyer — vocals, backing vocals
Mal Logan – keyboards
Mark Punch – guitar
Barry "Big Goose" Sullivan – bass guitar
Greg Tell – drums

Additional musicians

Tony Buchanan – saxophone, flute
Russell Smith – trumpet

Notes and References

Web site: Chopper. IMDb. 2 May 2017.
Book: . O'Donnell . John . John O'Donnell (music journalist) . Creswell . Toby . Toby Creswell . Mathieson . Craig . Craig Mathieson . Hardie Grant Books . October 2010 . . 978-1-74066-955-9 .
Web site: Encyclopedia entry for 'Renee Geyer' . Whammo . 2 May 2017 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20040803174326/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=829 . 3 August 2004 .
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