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Sons of Beaches

1982 studio album by Australian Crawl

Sons of Beaches is the third studio album from Australian rock band Australian Crawl,[2] released in July 1982. It became the band's second #1 in the Australian albums charts (for 5 weeks).[3] The album was recorded in Hawaii with ex-pat Mike Chapman, who had also produced Blondie and The Knack.[4]

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Reception

Cash Box magazine said "Recorded in Hawaii with studio mastermind Mike Chapman, the Aussie sextet can boomerang from brooding songs about 'Daughters of the Northern Coast' to a silly bop tune like 'King Sap (and Princess Sag)' with ease."[5]

Track listing

  1. "Runaway Girls" (Guy McDonough)
  2. "Daughters of the Northern Coast" (James Reyne, G McDonough)
  3. "Mid-Life Crisis" (Reyne)
  4. "Shut Down" (William "Bill" McDonough)
  5. "King Sap (and Princess Sag)" (Reyne)
  6. "Letter from Zimbabwe" (Reyne)
  7. "Downhearted" (Sean Higgins, G McDonough, W McDonough)
  8. "Live Now, Pay Later" (Reyne)
  9. "Dianne" (G McDonough)
  10. "Grinning Bellhops" (Reyne)
  11. "Waiting" (Brad Robinson, G McDonough)
  12. "(Not So) Happy Song for Problem Children" (Reyne)

Songwriting credits from Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).

Charts

Weekly charts

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Year-end charts

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Certifications and sales

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Personnel

Credited to:[2][8]

References

  1. [1]
    Allmusic review
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  4. [4]
    McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop (doc). Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
  5. [5]
    "Album Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 14 August 1982. p. 12. Retrieved 3 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
  6. [6]
    Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 434. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. [7]
    "Platinum and Gold Singles 1982". Kent Music Report. 28 February 1983. Retrieved 10 November 2021 – via Imgur.
  8. [8]
    "MSN entry on Sons of Beaches". MSN. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2008.
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