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For the Working Class Man

Australian version
Studio album by Jimmy Barnes
Released 1985
Genre AOR, hard rock
Label Mushroom
Producer Jonathan Cain
Jimmy Barnes chronology
Bodyswerve (1984) For the Working Class Man
(1985)		 Freight Train Heart
(1987)
Singles from For the Working Class Man
  1. "I'd Die to Be with You Tonight"
    Released: September 1985
  2. "Working Class Man"
    Released: November 1985
  3. "Ride the Night Away"
    Released: February 1986
Jimmy Barnes
US version
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Kerrang! 4/5 stars[2]
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For the Working Class Man is the second studio album by Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes, released in 1985. The album was released in the United States on Geffen as Jimmy Barnes. It was re-released in 2005 in a special 20th anniversary edition, CD/DVD box set. The album itself has sold more than 500,000 copies (7 x Platinum), meaning that one in forty Australians own a copy of this album. The front cover art of Barnes standing in a burning Sugarcane field became one of the iconic images of Australian rock music in the 1980s. The original release of this album was as a double-vinyl issue with sides one and two featuring the first five songs and the third and fourth sides featuring the remaining tracks, which were remixed versions of songs from Barnes' debut Bodyswerve. This album was specifically geared toward securing Barnes a break into the American music market, recorded in New York and Los Angeles with a variety of producers and international musicians. Journey keyboards player Jonathan Cain wrote "Working Class Man" and "American Heartbeat", Steven Van Zandt penned "Ride the Night Away" and producer Chas Sandford wrote "I'd Die to Be with You Tonight". "Working Class Man" was used in the soundtrack to the Ron Howard film Gung Ho. In October 2010, For the Working Class Man, was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[3]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "I'd Die to Be with You Tonight"
  2. "Ride the Night Away"
  3. "American Heartbeat"
  4. "Working Class Man"
  5. "Without Your Love"
  6. "No Second Prize"
  7. "Vision"
  8. "Promise Me You'll Call"
  9. "Boys Cry Out for War"
  10. "Daylight"
  11. "Thickskinned"
  12. "Paradise"

[edit] Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1985 Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart 1
1986

[edit] Recording personnel

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Jimmy Barnes For the Working Class Man review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/for-the-working-class-man-r373056. Retrieved 2011-09-06. 
  2. ^ Dickson, Dave (26 June 1986). "Jimmy Barnes 'A Week Away from Paradise'". Kerrang!. 123. London, UK: United Magazines ltd.. pp. 10. 
  3. ^ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9. 
Preceded by
Listen Like Thieves by INXS		 Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
16 December 1985 – 2 February 1986		 Succeeded by
The Dream of the Blue Turtles by Sting


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