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Rock'n'Roll Tears

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Rock'n'Roll Tears
Studio album by
Released20 August 2007
RecordedColo River, New South Wales, Australia
GenreAmericana, Singer-Songwriter, Rock
Length54:03
LabelShock Records Chiquita Records
Loene Carmen chronology
Slight Delay
(2004)
Rock'n'Roll Tears
(2007)
It Walks Like Love
(2009)

Rock'n'Roll Tears is the third album from Australian singer/songwriter Loene Carmen. It was released on 25 August 2007 on Chiquita Records through Shock Records in Australia.

The album was recorded in 3 days on location in a barn in the Colo River, New South Wales, by Jorden Brebach and featured musicians from the Australian bands Mess Hall and The Holy Soul.[1]

Rock 'N' Roll Tears was described in its press release as "an anarchic, loose, dirty, dreamy, heat fuelled love letter to rock 'n' roll".[2]

Following the recording, Loene spent the remainder of 2006 road-testing her songs, touring and performing with Jim White (drummer) in New York, Mick Harvey in Italy and Greece, and Warren Ellis and Beasts of Bourbon in France.[3] followed by an Australian tour after its release, with Gareth Liddiard.[4]

Aden Young directed a 'Paris Texas' inspired video for lead single 'Nashville High'.[5]

Personnel

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  • Loene Carmen - vocals/guitar
  • Jed Kurzel - guitar/vocals
  • Sam Worrad - bass
  • Paul Dunn - drums
  • Jorden Brebach - recorded and mixed
  • William Bowden - mastered

Track listing

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  1. "Rock'n'Roll Tears"
  2. "Nashville High"
  3. "Don't Let Her Slip Away"
  4. "Oh Yeah"
  5. "Wild Wind"
  6. "Dirt & Air"
  7. "Everybody (Makes Me Wanna Lie Down)"
  8. "Same Coin"
  9. "Roman Stockings"
  10. "He Calls Me Flames"
  11. "Nothin' Else"
  12. "The Bee"

Reception

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Limited sales and radio airplay in Australia but generally positive critical reception. Something You Said called it 'dirty blues, rock and country, which bursts from the stereo like a bar-room brawl between The Velvet Underground, Mazzy Star and The Jesus and Mary Chain...Loene Carmen has once again proved with the pleasingly lo-fi Rock ‘n’ Roll Tears that she is an intelligent, candid songwriter with a voice so seductive that you'd rip your own heart out and hand it to her if she asked you to. Irresistible stuff.' [6] while The Dwarf called it 'an impeccably well orchestrated collection of moody, classic rock and roll pieces'.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Loene Carmen - No More Tears". thedwarf.com.au. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Rock'n'roll Tears: Carmen, Loene: Music". Chaos.com. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  3. ^ Cleghorn, Justine. "Rock' N' Roll road for Loene Carmen". Faster Louder. Retrieved 19 May 2017.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Loene Carmen, Gareth Liddiard & Mike Noga – Annandale Hotel – January 18 2007". 21 July 2010.
  5. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949237/ [user-generated source]
  6. ^ Townsend, Bobby (27 October 2007). "Loene Carmen - Rock'n'Roll Tears". Something You Said. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  7. ^ Hitch, Gabrielle. "Loene Carmen - No More Tears". The Dwarf. Retrieved 18 May 2017.