04-08-2016, 00:24
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AUSTRALIAN CRAWL "sons of beaches" cd/vinyl 1982
career stats:
studio albums..........4
singles...................17
this album................#1 AU...#29 NZ
singles:
"shut down".................................#17 AU
"daughters of the northern coast"....#76 AU
"runaway girls".............................#88 AU
Band's third, I own the first three on cd and all four on vinyl....
not as good as I remembered it to be...strange how that happens over time
with some music whilst other music grows more over time?!?!....
gone are the easy going, laid back surfie beach bum charms of the earlier two albums...
in are the more serious soft rock, serious lyrics o a band trying to be what theyre not...
"downhearted" is a re-recording from their debut album, this was or the international market
and was added to the album, loved the original version but theres something different about
this one, one that I call a 'cover'...
now as I look back on these guys, I believe they were more of a singles band than an album
band, same goes for James Reyne (the vocalist) once they split and he went solo...
I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: king sap and the princess sag
best track: shutdown
[video=youtube;9IlPGgKBspA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IlPGgKBspA[/video]
tracks:
1...runaway girls *
2...daughters of the northern coast **
3...mid-life crisis **
4...shut down ***
5...king sap and the princess sag *
6...letter from Zimbabwe *
7...downhearted *
8...live now, pay later **
9...Dianne *
10.grinning bellhops **
11.waiting *
12.happy song for the problem children *
3s=1
2s=4
1s=7
rating: 1.5
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.