What a Life! (album)

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What a Life!
What a Life! cover
Studio album by Divinyls
Released 1985
Recorded 1984, 1985
Genre Rock
New Wave
Length 40:00
Label Chrysalis Records
Producer(s) Mike Chapman, Gary Langan, Mark Opitz
Professional reviews
Divinyls chronology
Desperate
(1983)
What a Life!
(1985)
Temperamental
(1988)


What a Life! is the third album and second studio album by Australian band Divinyls, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music) by Chrysalis Records.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Pleasure and Pain" (Michael Chapman, Holly Knight)
  2. "Don't You Go Walking" (McEntee)
  3. "Good Die Young"
  4. "Sleeping Beauty" (Amphlett, McEntee)
  5. "Motion"
  6. "In My Life"
  7. "Casual Encounter" (Amphlett, McEntee)
  8. "Heart Telegraph"
  9. "Guillotine Day"
  10. "Dear Diary"

[edit] Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Album Chart 4
U.S. Billboard 200 91

[edit] Singles

Cover Information
Casual Encounter
  • Released: 1983
  • Writers: Christina Amphlett, Mark McEntee.
  • Producer: -
  • Director: -
  • Chart positions: #91 Australia.
Good Die Young
  • Released: 1984
  • Writers: -
  • Producer: -
  • Director: -
  • Chart positions: #32 Australia.
In My Life
  • Released: 1984
  • Writers: -
  • Producer: -
  • Director: -
  • Chart positions: #47 Australia.
Pleasure and Pain
  • Released: 1985
  • Writers: Michael Chapman, Holly Knight.
  • Producer: -
  • Director: -
  • Chart positions: #11 Australia, #76 U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
Sleeping Beauty
  • Released: 1986
  • Writers: Christina Amphlett, Mark McEntee.
  • Producer: -
  • Director: -
  • Chart positions: #50 Australia.
Heart Telegraph
  • Released: 1986
  • Writers: -
  • Producer: -
  • Director: -
  • Chart positions: #90 Australia.

[edit] Personnel

  • Christina Amphlett — vocals
  • John Bee — engineer
  • Mary Bradfield Taylor — (background vocals)
  • Rick Chadwick — keyboards, programming
  • Mike Chapman — producer
  • Tom Colley — engineer
  • Simon Darlow — keyboards, programming
  • Rick Grossman — bass
  • Richard Harvey — drums
  • Gary Langan — producer
  • Mars Lazaar — keyboards, programming
  • Bjarne Ohlin — vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Gary Langan — producer
  • Mark McEntee — vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Mark Opitz — engineer