Human Frailty
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| Studio album by Hunters & Collectors | ||||
| Released | 7 April 1986 | |||
| Recorded | Allan Easton's Studio, St Kilda, 1985-1986 | |||
| Genre | Australian rock | |||
| Length | 53:19 | |||
| Label | Mushroom Records | |||
| Producer | Gavin MacKillop, Hunters & Collectors | |||
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Human Frailty is an album released by Australian band Hunters & Collectors in 1986. It was their commercial breakthrough album in Australia, and a commercial and critical success. Singles from the album were "Say Goodbye", "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (a re-recorded version of the previous release as a single) and "Everything's On Fire".
The album featured a song originally recorded by Sardine v, "Stuck On You". Sardine v included Stephanie Falconer aka Stephanie Rilen.[2]
"Human Frailty" reached number 8 in the Australian charts[3] and number 5 in New Zealand.[4] In October 2010, it was listed at No. 18 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[5]
[edit] Track listing
(All lyrics by Mark Seymour, music by Hunters & Collectors except where marked)
- "Say Goodbye" – 3:51
- "Throw Your Arms Around Me" – 3:53
- "Dog" – 3:40
- "Everything's On Fire" – 4:27
- "Relief" – 5:08
- "The Finger" – 4:28
- "99th Home Position" – 2:39
- "Is There Anybody In There?" – 3:25
- "Stuck On You" (Ian Rilen and Stephanie Rilen aka S Falconer)[6] – 3:13
- "This Morning" – 6:42
Additional CD tracks from Living Daylight EP
- "Living Daylight" – 3:14
- "Inside a Fireball" – 4:05
- "January Rain" – 4:27
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Sardine v". Australian Rock Database. Magnus Holmgren. http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/s/sardinev.html. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ John O'Donnell, Toby Creswell & Craig Mathieson (2010). The 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Victoria: Hardie Grant Books. pp. 74. ISBN 9781740669559.
- ^ "HUNTERS & COLLECTORS - HUMAN FRAILTY (ALBUM)". australian-charts.com. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Hunters+%26+Collectors&titel=Human+Frailty&cat=a. Retrieved 13 Fenruary.
- ^ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
- ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworks.stm. Retrieved 2007-10-01.[dead link]
