Sons of Beaches explained

Sons of Beaches
Type:Album
Artist:Australian Crawl
Cover:Sobs.jpg
Released:July 1982
Recorded:March–May 1982
Studio:Sea West, Hawaii and United Western, Hollywood and Music Farm Coorabel Byron Bay Australia
Genre:Rock
Length:47:44
Label:EMI
Producer:Mike Chapman
Prev Title:Sirocco
Prev Year:1981
Next Title:Semantics
Next Year:1983

Sons of Beaches is the third studio album from Australian rock band Australian Crawl,[1] released in July 1982. It became the band's second

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in the Australian albums charts (for 5 weeks).[2] The album was recorded in Hawaii with ex-pat Mike Chapman, who had also produced Blondie and The Knack.[3]

Reception

Cash Box magazine said "Recorded in Hawaii with studio mastermind Mike Chapman, the Aussie sextet can boomerang from brooding songs about 'Daughters of the Northern Coast' to a silly bop tune like 'King Sap (and Princess Sag)' with ease."[4]

Track listing

  1. "Runaway Girls" (Guy McDonough)
  2. "Daughters of the Northern Coast" (James Reyne, G McDonough)
  3. "Mid-Life Crisis" (Reyne)
  4. "Shut Down" (William "Bill" McDonough)
  5. "King Sap (and Princess Sag)" (Reyne)
  6. "Letter from Zimbabwe" (Reyne)
  7. "Downhearted" (Sean Higgins, G McDonough, W McDonough)
  8. "Live Now, Pay Later" (Reyne)
  9. "Dianne" (G McDonough)
  10. "Grinning Bellhops" (Reyne)
  11. "Waiting" (Brad Robinson, G McDonough)
  12. "(Not So) Happy Song for Problem Children" (Reyne)

Songwriting credits from Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).

Charts

Year-end charts

Personnel

Credited to:[1] [6]

References

  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20131022063048/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/australiancrawl.html . Australian Crawl . Holmgren . Magnus . Stefan . Warnqvist . Oliver . Draper . Bill . McDonough . Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren) . 22 October 2013 . 23 March 2014 .
  2. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  3. Book: McFarlane, Ian . Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop . doc . Ian McFarlane . . 1999 . 1-86448-768-2 . 2008-04-10 . registration .
  4. Album Reviews. Cash Box. World Radio History. 12. 14 August 1982. 3 December 2021.
  5. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 434.
  6. Web site: MSN entry on Sons of Beaches . https://archive.today/20120712140840/http://music.msn.com/album/?album=10028868 . dead . 2012-07-12 . MSN . 2008-03-05 .

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