The Final Wave

The Final Wave
Live album by Australian Crawl
Released October 1986
Recorded 27 January 1986
Genre Rock
Label Freestyle Records / EMI
Producer John French
Australian Crawl chronology
Between A Rock And A Hard Place
(1985)		 The Final Wave
(1986)		 Lost & Found
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

The Final Wave is the second live album released by Australian rock band Australian Crawl. It is a recording of the band's final Melbourne concert on 27 January 1986. The album reached #16 on the Australian album charts upon its release.[2]

The album cover features a copy of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai's best known woodblock print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa. It was first published in 1832 (Edo Period) and is Hokusai's most famous work. It depicts an enormous wave threatening boats near the Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa; Mount Fuji can be seen in the background. The wave is probably not intended to be a tsunami, but a normal ocean wave created by the wind.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Beautiful People" (James Reyne, Mark Hudson) - 3:37
  2. "Unpublished Critics" (Reyne, Paul Williams) - 5:46
  3. "Lakeside" (Reyne) - 4:25
  4. "Love (Beats Me Up)" (Reyne) - 4:39
  5. "White Limbo" (Simon Binks)- 3:27
  6. "Two Can Play" (Simon Hussey, Reyne) - 2:35
  7. "Errol" (Guy McDonough, Reyne) - 3:18
  8. "Downhearted" (Sean Higgins, G McDonough, William 'Bill' McDonough) - 4:44
  9. "Daughters of the Northern Coast" (G McDonough, Reyne) - 3:31
  10. "The Boys Light Up" (Reyne) - 4:13
  11. "Indisposed" (Brad Robinson, James Robinson, James Reyne, W McDonough) - 3:04
  12. "Things Don't Seem" (G McDonough, Higgins) - 3:01
  13. "Reckless (Don't Be So)" (Reyne) - 5:14
  14. "(The Last) Louie Louie" (Richard Berry) - 5:17

Songwriting credits from Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).[3]

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworksresult.stm. Retrieved 18 April 2008. 

Releases

Format Country Label Catalogue No. Year
LP AUS Freestyle SFLI 0142 1986
CD AUS EMI 8544442 1997
Australian Crawl
Simon Binks · David Reyne · James Reyne · Brad Robinson · Paul Williams · Bill McDonough · Guy McDonough · Graham 'Buzz' Bidstrup · John Watson · Mark Greig · Harry Brus
Studio Albums
EPs
Live
Phalanx · The Final Wave · Reckless: 1979-1995
Compilation/Greatest Hits
Crawl File · Lost & Found · More Wharf: Their Greatest Hits · Australian Crawl & James Reyne: The Definitive Collection
Singles
"Beautiful People" · "The Boys Light Up" · "Downhearted" · "Things Don't Seem" · "Errol" · "Oh No Not You Again" · "Shut Down" · "Daughters of the Northern Coast" · "Runaway Girls" · "Santa Claus is Back in Town" · "Reckless (Don't Be So)" · "Louie Louie" · "Unpublished Critics" · "Two Can Play" · "If This is Love" · "Trouble Spot Rock" · "Two Hearts"
DVD/Videos
The Crawl Video File · More Wharf: The Best Of · Australian Crawl and James Reyne: The Definitive Collection
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