Welcome Stranger (album)
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| Released | August 1992 | |||
| Recorded | Perth – March, 1989 Sydney – March, 1991 London – 1990 | |||
| Genre | Rock / Folk rock | |||
| Length | 54:42 | |||
| Label | Waterfront Records | |||
| Producer | James Hewgill and The Blackeyed Susans (1–4) Phillip Kakulas and The Blackeyed Susans (5–8 & 15) David McComb (9–14) | |||
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Welcome Stranger is the debut studio album by The Blackeyed Susans. Released in August, 1992, the album is a compilation of their first three EPs – Some Births are Worse than Murders, Anchor Me and …Depends On What You Mean By Love – with the addition of three tracks recorded at the same time as the material released on those EPs.
Track listing
[edit]- "Don’t Call Yourself An Angel" (McComb, Kakulas) – 3:14
- "Enemy Mine" (McComb, Kakulas) – 4:07
- "Viva Las Vegas" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 5:10
- "Cripple Creek" (Traditional/Kakulas) – 4:47
- "Glory Glory" (Kakulas) – 4:03
- "Anchor Me" (Snarski) – 2:43
- "Who’s That By The Window?" (Kakulas) – 2:50
- "Trouble" (Kakulas, Rollinson) – 4:13
- "Ocean of You" (McComb) – 3:33
- "Close Watch" (John Cale) – 2:59
- "Will’s Blues" (Akers) – 3:22
- "Spanish Is The Loving Tongue" (Traditional) – 2:59
- "Who’s Loving You" (Robinson) – 3:08
- "It Hurts Me" (Byers, Daniels)/"Prisoner of Love" (Robin, Columbo, Gaskill) – 3:42
- "In The Pines" (McComb) – 3:44
Personnel
[edit]Tracks 1–4
[edit]- David McComb – vocals, guitar, percussion
- Rob Snarski – vocals, guitar
- Phil Kakulas – double bass, electric bass, bazouki, guitar, backing vocals, percussion
- Alsy MacDonald – drums, percussion
- Ross Bolleter – hammond organ, piano, piano organ
- William Akers – backing vocals
Tracks 5–8 and 15
[edit]- Rob Snarski – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Kathryn Wemyss – vocals, trumpet, castanets
- Phillip Kakulas – double bass
- Timothy Rollinson – electric guitar
- Kenny Davis Junior – piano, piano accordion
- James Cruikshank – organ
- Graham Lee – pedal steel
- Mark Dawson – percussion
Tracks 9–14
[edit]- Rob Snarski – vocals
- Kenny Davis Junior – keyboards, piano accordion, samples
- David McComb – keyboards, bass, electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
- Joanne Alach – backing vocals
