The Boys Light Up Explained

The Boys Light Up
Type:Album
Artist:Australian Crawl
Cover:BoysLightUpFrontAC1.jpg
Released:April 1980
Recorded:August 1979 – February 1980
Studio:AAV Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)
Genre:Pop/Rock
Length:38:25
Label:EMI
Producer:David Briggs
Next Title:Sirocco
Next Year:1981

The Boys Light Up is the debut album from Australian pub rock band Australian Crawl,[1] [2] which was released in 1980 and contains the title track, "The Boys Light Up", "Indisposed", "Downhearted" and their previously released debut single "Beautiful People". The album reached #4 on the Australian album charts and remained in the charts for an unbroken 101 weeks,[3] eventually selling over 280 000 copies (five times platinum).[4]

Various band members were involved in songwriting, often with relatives or former bandmates. Rhythm guitarist Brad Robinson's father James Robinson was a Federal Arbitration Court Justice and co-wrote two songs for this album.[5] Reyne's bandmate from Spiff Rouch, Mark Hudson co-wrote their first single, "Beautiful People" (1979).[6] "Downhearted" was written by Bill McDonough and his bandmates from The Flatheads, Guy McDonough (his brother, who later joined the Crawl) and Sean Higgins.[6] Producer, David Briggs (Little River Band guitarist), co-wrote "Hoochie Gucci Fiorucci Mama" with Reyne.[6]

The album was re-released in 1992 in CD format (see cover right below), and as a 2-CD set with follow-up album Sirocco in 1996.[2] In October 2010, Boys Light Up was listed in the top 50 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[7]

Track listing

  1. "My Coffee's Gone Cold" (Simon Binks) – 3:29
  2. "Man Crazy" (James Reyne) – 3:39
  3. "Way I've Been" (Brad Robinson, James Robinson) – 2:17
  4. "Chinese Eyes" (James Reyne, Simon Binks) – 3:01
  5. "Downhearted" (Sean Higgins, Guy McDonough, William 'Bill' McDonough) – 3:09
  6. "Beautiful People" (James Reyne, Mark Hudson) – 2:56
  7. "Indisposed" (Brad Robinson, James Robinson, James Reyne, William 'Bill' McDonough) – 4:04
  8. "Walk My Way" (James Reyne, Brad Robinson) – 2:44
  9. "The Boys Light Up" (James Reyne) – 4:41
  10. "Boot Hill" (James Reyne, Simon Binks) – 2:36
  11. "Red Guitar" (Simon Binks) – 3:19
  12. "Hoochie Gucci Fiorucci Mama" (James Reyne, David Briggs) – 2:30

Songwriting credits from Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).[6]

Personnel

Credited to:[2] [8]

Australian Crawl

Additional musicians

Additional credits

Charts

Year-end charts

References

  1. Web site: 1996: 10th Annual ARIA Awards . . 2008-03-10 .
  2. 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 .
  3. 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.
  4. Web site: Love is in the air Episode 5: "National Anthems"; transcript of interview with James Reyne . . 2003-11-09 . 2008-03-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080128050744/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/love/episodes/transcript5.htm . 2008-01-28 . dead .
  5. Web site: Memorable TV Oz Rock: Australian Crawl entry . Memorable TV / Little Acorns Publishing . 2008-03-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080517031746/http://www.memorabletv.com/musicworld/ozrock/atob.htm . 2008-05-17 .
  6. Web site: APRA . 2008-03-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080124161012/http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworksresult.stm . January 24, 2008 .
  7. 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 .
  8. Web site: MSN entry on The Boys Light Up . https://archive.today/20120711073559/http://music.msn.com/album/?album=10197163 . dead . 2012-07-11 . 2008-03-04 .
  9. 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.
  10. 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. 432.

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