Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Australian Crawl album)
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| Released | August 1985 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 43:24 | |||
| Label | Freestyle, EMI | |||
| Producer | Adam Kidron | |||
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place was the final studio album from Australian rock band Australian Crawl.[1] It was produced by English producer Adam Kidron (Ian Dury, Cabaret Voltaire, Aztec Camera).[1] The album was initially released by Freestyle Records on vinyl and reached #11 on the ARIA album charts but slipped out of the top 40 two weeks later.[2] The album was subsequently re-released on CD in 1997.
Disappointed with sales, the band was ready to split but had to go out on tour for the next year to pay off the enormous $400,000 cost of producing the album.[3] After completing their national tour of Australia in January, 1986, the band split up. Australian Crawl released a successful live album, The Final Wave, on the Freestyle Record label, towards the end of October, 1986.
Singles
There were four singles lifted from the album, "Two Can Play"/"Two Can Play" (released June, 1985), "If This Is Love"/"You Told Me" (released September, 1985), "Trouble Spot Rock"/"Newly Weds In The Morning" (released November, 1985) and "Two Hearts"/"Across the Way" (released January, 1986).
All the singles failed to have significant chart success with "Two Can Play" reaching #44 and only remaining in the charts for nine weeks, "If This Is Love" peaking at #87 and remaining for three weeks, whilst "Trouble Spot Rock" reached #69 and stayed in the charts for four weeks.
Track listing
All songs were written by James Reyne, except where otherwise noted.[4]
- "Two Can Play" (Simon Hussey, James Reyne) - 3:48
- "I'd Do It" - 3:33
- "Divers Down" - 3:07
- "If This Is Love" - 3:26
- "Two Hearts" (Simon Hussey, James Reyne) - 3:55
- "Trouble Spot Rock" - 4:46
- "You Told Me" (Simon Hussey, James Reyne) - 3:06
- "My Day At The Beach" - 3:51
- "Always The Way" (Simon Hussey, James Reyne) - 5:37
- "Newly Weds In The Morning" - 3:07
- "Land Of Hope And Glory" - 5:08
Personnel
Credits:[1]
Australian Crawl
- James Reyne - guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric), guitar (rhythm), harp, marimba, saxophone, vocals
- Brad Robinson - synthesizer, clarinet, keyboards
- Simon Hussey - keyboards, guitar
- John Watson - drums, marimba, timbales
- Harry Brus - bass
- Mark Greig - guitar
Additional musicians
- John Barrett - saxophone
- John Courtney - trombone
- Rahmlee Michael Davis - trumpet
- Ric Formosa - guitar, brass arrangement
- Cheryl Freeman - background vocals
- Michael Harris - trumpet
- Bill Harrower - saxophone
- Chelli Jackson - background vocals
- Keith Johnson - saxophone
- Don Lock - trombone
- Peter Martin - saxophone
- Don Myrick - saxophone (alto)
- Mick O'Connor - organ (Hammond)
- Phenix Horns - brass
- Eddie Rayner - keyboards
- Pete Salt - trumpet
- Lui Lui Satterfield - trombone
- Bob Venier - trumpet
- Zan - background vocals
- Allan Zavod - piano
References
- ^ a b c Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan; Draper, Oliver; McDonough, Bill. "Australian Crawl". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 David Kent (ISBN 0-646-11917-6)
- ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original (doc) on 2002-09-08. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 2008-05-05. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
