Man @ Work

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Man @ Work
Studio album by Colin Hay
Released	July 22, 2003
Genre	Pop/Rock
Length	38:01
Label	Compass
Producer	Colin Hay
Professional reviews
Allmusic: link
Colin Hay chronology
Company of Strangers (2002) Man @ Work (2003) Are You Lookin' At Me? (2007)

Man @ Work is an album by Scottish singer Colin Hay, released in 2003. (See 2003 in music). The album is essentially a career-retrospective for Hay: he is best known as the lead singer for the 1980s Australian pop band Men at Work, and roughly half of the songs on this album are Hay's solo studio renditions of works from the Men at Work catalog, while several others are remixes or re-recordings of material from his solo albums. The songs vary from renditions that are almost identical to the original recordings (e.g. "Be Good Johnny") to complete reinterpretations (e.g. acoustic versions of "Down Under" and "Who Can It Be Now?").

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 See also

[edit] Track listing

1. "Beautiful World" [alternate mix] (Hay) – 3:39
2. "Down Under" [acoustic version] (Hay, Strykert) – 3:33
3. "Overkill" [acoustic version] (Hay) – 3:47
4. "Storm in My Heart" (Hay) – 3:09
5. "Looking for Jack" (Alsop, Hay) – 4:07
6. "Don't Be Afraid" (Hay) – 2:56
7. "It's a Mistake" (Hay) – 4:46
8. "Waiting for My Real Life to Begin" (Hay, Mooney) – 5:45
9. "To Have and to Hold" (Hay) – 3:29
10. "Who Can It Be Now?" [acoustic version] (Hay) – 3:24
11. "Be Good Johnny" (Ham, Hay) – 3:35
12. "Love is Innocent" (Hay) – 4:43
13. "Down Under" [new recording] (Hay, Strykert) – 4:48

[edit] Personnel

• Colin Hay - acoustic guitar, bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Jeff Babko - organ, piano, keyboards
• Luis Conte - percussion
• Johnathon Dresel - drums
• Jimmy Earl — bass
• Bill Esparza - saxophone
• Chad Fischer — percussion, drums, recorder, background vocals
• Mario Gonzales - trumpet
• Greg Ham - flute
• Andrés "Dez" Hernandez — turntables
• Eric Jorgensen - trombone
• Cecilia Noel — piano, background vocals, vocal harmony
• Lee Thornburg — trumpet
• Guillermo Vadala — bass
• Lyle Workman — guitar
• Toshi Yanagi — guitar, electric guitar

[edit] Production

• Producer: Colin Hay
• Engineers: Dave Dale, Juan Pablo Fallucca, Chad Fischer, Colin Hay, Edwardo McKinley
• Mixing: Juan Pablo Fallucca, Chad Fischer, Colin Hay, Edwardo McKinley
• Loops: Chad Fischer
• Drum programming: Chad Fischer
• Design: Griffin Norman
• Photography: Gregory Cannon, Cecilia Noel
• Cover painting: Norval

[edit] See also

• Men at work