| Breakfast at Sweethearts | ||||
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| Studio album by Cold Chisel | ||||
| Released | February 1979 | |||
| Recorded | July 1978 - January 1979, Albert Studios, Sydney | |||
| Genre | Pub rock | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | Richard Batchens | |||
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Breakfast at Sweethearts was the second studio album by Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel, released in February 1979. It spent 32 weeks in the national charts, reaching a peak of number 4.[1]
"Sweethearts" was a legendary Cafè in Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia in the 1970s and 1980s, but has since been demolished. It was located where the present-day McDonald's is now, in the middle of Kings Cross.[2] The song "Plaza" refers to Sydney's Plaza Hotel, where Don Walker was living in Kings Cross at the time.[2]
At the 1979 TV Week/Countdown Music Awards, "Breakfast at Sweethearts" was nominated for Best Australian Album, and won for Best Australian Record Cover Design.[3] The cover photo was taken in the heritage-listed Marble Bar in the Sydney Hilton.[4]
The first single, "Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)" preceded the album by some months, and was recorded when demos were being done for the album. Reaching number 65 on the national charts, the single is markedly different to the later album version.[5]
Although reviews were generally positive[5] and some of the songs were later live staples, the members of Cold Chisel were unhappy with sound of "Breakfast at Sweethearts" and the production methods of Richard Batchens.[5] Don Walker said, "It was a very bad low point for the band. We were constantly touring and when we got a weekend off we were thrown into the studio and expected to be creative."[5] Barnes said of the album, "'Breakfast at Sweethearts' stunk, and you can spell that f-u-c-k-e-d."[6]
All songs by Don Walker, except as noted
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