You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel Explained

You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel
Type:studio
Artist:Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes
Cover:DG-You Wanna Be There.jpg
Released:June 1994
Recorded:January–February, April 1994
Studio:Metropolis Studios, Melbourne
Genre:Rock
Length:57:37
Label:Mercury / Id
Producer:Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes, Tony Cohen
Prev Title:Night of the Wolverine
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:The Soft 'n' Sexy Sound
Next Year:1995

You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel is the fourth album by Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes (also seen as Dave Graney with the Coral Snakes). With Graney on vocals, the Coral Snakes line-up included his wife Clare Moore on drums and percussion; Robin Casinader on keyboards, violin and mandolin; Rob Hayward on lead guitar; and early member Gordy Blair returned on bass guitar. It was released in June 1994 on Mercury Records. The album peaked at No. 10 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Album Charts. It was co-produced by the band with Tony Cohen.

The singles from the album were, "I'm Gonna Release Your Soul" in April, and "You Wanna Be Loved" in August. The promotional film clip for "I'm Gonna Release Your Soul", directed by Tony Mahony, was nominated as 'Best Video' at the ARIA Music Awards of 1995.

Background

You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel is the fourth album for Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes (also seen as Dave Graney with the Coral Snakes). For their previous album, Night of the Wolverine (April 1993), the band had signed with PolyGram, Andrew Picouleau (ex-Sacred Cowboys) provided the bass guitar and Tony Cohen co-produced.[1] [2] The band toured backing Hunters & Collectors, then The Cruel Sea before heading their own tour. The album and tours had raised their profile with mainstream music critics.[3]

The band's fourth album, You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel, which peaked at No. 10 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Album Charts, was released in June 1994.[1] [4] The line-up was Graney on vocals, Clare Moore on drums and percussion, Robin Casinader on keyboards, violin and mandolin, Rob Hayward on lead guitar and earlier member, Gordy Blair back on bass guitar.[1] [2] It was also co-produced by the group with Cohen.[2] The singles from the album were, "I'm Gonna Release Your Soul" in April, and "You Wanna Be Loved" in August. Promotional film clip for "I'm Gonna Release Your Soul", directed by Mahony, was nominated as 'Best Video' in 1995.[5] [6]

The limited edition album, the first 1,000 copies, included a bonus disc, Unbuttoned, with seven extra tracks.

You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel was released in the UK and Europe on This Way Up label in 1996, with a different cover and a different track listing.

Reception

Professional reviews

Allmusic's Jonathan Lewis said the album was released "At a time when grunge was still a potent force, ... Graney continued to defy trends by releasing successful albums that owed more to lounge music than they did '70s rock". Ed Nimmervoll described Graney, "he had everything going for him - critics, the audience and the record company ... reinvent himself in line with the expectation, and did, changing into the larger-than-life satin-suited rock and roll hustler".[3] Ian McFarlane said the band "consolidated their new-found success with the album".[1]

Track listing

Original Australian release

  1. "I'm Gonna Release Your Soul" (Dave Graney)[7]  – 3:45
  2. "There Was a Time" (Graney)[8]  – 3:30
  3. "You Wanna Be Loved" (Graney)[9]  – 4:59
  4. "Warren Oates" (Graney)[10]  – 3:39
  5. "Soul into Time" (Graney)[11]  – 4:28
  6. "Won't You Ride with Me" (Graney, Rob Hayward)[12]  – 4:14
  7. "New Life in a New Town" (Graney)[13]  – 3:13
  8. "Livin' Out Your Tomorrow (Hard Against Yesterday)" (Graney, Clare Moore)[14]  – 4:20
  9. "Imagine If What You Did on Your Weekend Was Your Life" (Graney)[15]  – 4:21
  10. "You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel" (Graney)[16]  – 4:06
  11. "Let Me Tell You About Yourself" (Graney)[17]  – 4:23
  12. "The Word Is Nah" (Graney)[18]  – 2:47
  13. "The Stars Baby, the Stars" (Graney)[19]  – 4:21
  14. "We Didn't Have the Words to Say It (We Didn't Have the Words to Get Around)" (Graney, Robin Casinader)[20]  – 5:29

Unbuttoned

  1. "The Confessions of Serge Gainsbourg" (Moore, Hayward, Casinader, Gordy Blair)[21]  – 6:48
  2. "It's Your Crowd I Hate" (Graney, Moore, Blair, Hayward, Casinader)[22]  – 5:16
  3. "Late, Late, Late" (Casinader)[23]  – 3:28
  4. "The Lady from Bangkok" (Graney, Moore, Blair, Hayward, Casinader)[24]  – 4:10
  5. "Pillow Talk" (Michael Burton, Sylvia Robinson)[25]  – 4:39
  6. "Java la Grande (Celestial Boogie)" (Graney, Blair)[26]  – 4:25
  7. "32-20 Blues" (Robert Johnson)[27]  – 3:28

1996 European release

  1. "The Confessions of Serge Gainsbourg" (Moore, Hayward, Casinader, Blair)[21]  – 6:44
  2. "The Stars Baby, the Stars" (Graney)[19]  – 4:19
  3. "I'm Gonna Release Your Soul" (Graney)[7]  – 3:45
  4. "There Was a Time" (Graney)[8]  – 3:30
  5. "You Wanna Be Loved" (Graney)[9]  – 4:59
  6. "Warren Oates" (Graney)[10]  – 3:39
  7. "Soul into Time" (Graney)[11]  – 4:28
  8. "Won't You Ride with Me" (Graney, Hayward)[12]  – 4:14
  9. "The Word Is Nah" (Graney)[18]  – 2:47
  10. "Livin' Out Your Tomorrow (Hard Against Yesterday)" (Graney, Moore)[14]  – 4:20
  11. "Imagine If What You Did on Your Weekend Was Your Life" (Graney)[15]  – 4:21
  12. "You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel" (Graney)[16]  – 4:06
  13. "We Didn't Have the Words to Say It (We Didn't Have the Words to Get Around)" (Graney, Casinader)[20]  – 5:29

Personnel

Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes members

Production details

Art work

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: McFarlane . Ian . Ian McFarlane . . Encyclopedia entry for 'Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes' . 30 December 2010 . 1999 . 2004 . . . 1-86508-072-1 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040604055129/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=853 . 4 June 2004 . Note: [On-line] version updated from 1999 book.
  2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20130930135934/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/g/graneydave.html . Dave Graney . Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren) . Holmgren . Magnus . 30 September 2013 . 1 March 2014 .
  3. Web site: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120726191200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14231/20120727-0512/www.howlspace.com.au/en4/davegraney/davegraney.htm . Dave Graney (with the Coral Snakes, and The Dave Graney Show) . Nimmervoll . Ed . Ed Nimmervoll . Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll). White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd . 26 July 2012 . 11 February 2014 .
  4. Web site: Discography Dave Graney . Hung Medien . Australian charts portal . 10 January 2011 .
  5. Web site: ARIA Awards 2010 : History: Winners by Artist: Dave Graney . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 11 January 2011 .
  6. Web site: ARIA Awards 2010 : History: Winners by Year: 1995 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 11 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110519015323/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1995 . 19 May 2011 .
  7. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "I'm Gonna Release Your Soul" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  8. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "There Was a Time" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  9. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "You Wanna Be Loved" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  10. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "Warren Oates" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  11. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "Soul into Time" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  12. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "Won't You Ride with Me" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  13. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "New Life in a New Town" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  14. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "Livin' Out Your Tomorrow (Hard Against Yesterday)" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  15. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "Imagine If What You Did on Your Weekend Was Your Life" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  16. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  17. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "Let Me Tell You About Yourself" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  18. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "The Word Is Nah" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  19. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "The Stars Baby, the Stars" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  20. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "We Didn't Have the Words to Say It" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  21. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "The Confessions of Serge Gainsbourg" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  22. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "It's Your Crowd I Hate" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  23. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "Late, Late, Late" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  24. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "The Lady from Bangkok" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  25. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "Pillow Talk" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  26. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "Java la Grande (Celestial Boogie)" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .
  27. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "32-20 Blues" at APRA search engine . 20 January 2011 .

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