Flame (Real Life album)

Flame
Studio album by Real Life
Released	October 1985
Recorded	AAV Studios, Melbourne Battery Studios, London Marquee Studios, London Abbey Road Studios, London Hansa Tonstudios, Berlin
Genre	Electronic new wave
Label	Wheatley Records, Curb Records
Producer	Pete Henderson
Real Life chronology
Master Mix (1984) Flame (1985) Down Comes the Hammer (1986)
Singles from Heartland
"Face to Face" Released: September 1985 "One Blind Love"/"Love's Not Easy" Released: December 1985

Flame is the second studio album from the Australian band Real Life. It was released in October 1985 on Glenn Wheatley's Wheatley Records in Australia. The album peaked at No. 42 on the Australian Kent Music Report.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Tomas Mureika from AllMusic said "David Sterry and Richard Zatorski again have assembled a collection of solid synth pop singles-that-could-have-been" adding "The hooky verses and singalong chorus were designed for radio play, but it was not meant to be."

Track listing

All songs written by David Sterry and Richard Zatorski.

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"No Shame"	3:28
2.	"Face to Face"	4:20
3.	"One Blind Love"	4:22
4.	"The Longest Day"	4:06
5.	"I Wish"	4:59

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Flame"	5:05
2.	"The Legend"	4:12
3.	"Take My Breath Away"	3:32
4.	"Let's Fall in Love"	3:45
5.	"Cathedral"	4:18

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	42

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Australia	October 1985	Vinyl Record Cassette	Wheatley Records	SFL1 0128
United States of America	1985	Compact Disc Cassette	Curb Records, MCA Records,	MCA-5639