The Great Escape (Richard Clapton album) explained

The Great Escape
Type:studio
Artist:Richard Clapton
Cover:The_Great_Escape_by_Richard_Clapton.png
Studio:Paradise Studios, Melbourne
Label:WEA
Producer:Mark Opitz
Prev Title:Dark Spaces
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:The Very Best of Richard Clapton
Next Year:1982

The Great Escape is the seventh studio album by the Australian rock music singer-songwriter, Richard Clapton released in February 1982.

Background and release

From 1973 to 1980, Clapton released six studio albums with Infinity /Festival before signing with WEA before the release of The Great Escape. The music journalist Ian McFarland called it "one of his strongest albums".[1]

Release history

CountryDateLabelFormatCatalog
AustraliaFebruary 1982WEALP600106
AustraliaWEACD, cassette61228-4
Australia16 August 2024Warner Music AustraliaCD / LP / digital2173225825

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: McFarlane . Ian . Ian McFarlane . . Whammo Homepage . 5 April 2020 . 1999 . . . 1-86508-072-1.
  2. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. 1975. 0-646-11917-6. St Ives. 94. David Kent (historian). N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.