Cold Chisel (album)
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| Released | April 24, 1978, Trafalgar Studios, Sydney | |||
| Recorded | January - April 1978 | |||
| Genre | Pub rock | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | Peter Walker | |||
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Cold Chisel was the self-titled debut album of Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel. Released in April 1978, it spent 23 weeks in the Australian charts, peaking at number 38.[1]
Album details
The figure in the foreground of the cover is Mickey Braithwaite, Daryl Braithwaite's wife. [2]
"Cold Chisel" was produced by the inexperienced Peter Walker, who had previously played guitar with Bakery. The release of the album was hurried to coincide with a tour the band had opening for Foreigner.[3] Although the album was well-received, Don Walker was later to say, "I find it embarrassing, the lyrics are so flowery."[4]
Producer Peter Walker intended the album to be a showcase of the breadth of Don Walker's song-writing,[3] and the songs range between jazz-and-blues-based ballads to hard rock. Walker, who wrote the lyrics for all the songs, described the album as being about a former lover that he had separated from long before recording commenced. He said, "I'm involved there, sometimes to the detriment of the song. 'Cause those songs were not great."[5]
Reception
Allmusic praised the, "lyrical imagery, the mix of musical finesse and freneticism, and Barnes' razor-wire vocals," and described the album as a, "stunning debut album. At once polished and raw, this is a classic."[6]
The album received a warm review in the Sydney Morning Herald, saying, "The blues down under have been captured occasionally on record in the past. Richard Clapton was successful at it. Now we have Cold Chisel, wailing with compassion and conviction." The reviewer noted the band had, "got together an impressive string of musical portraits of life in the city."[7]
Track listing
All songs by Don Walker, except as noted
- "Juliet" (Walker, Jim Barnes)
- "Khe Sanh"
- "Home And Broken Hearted"
- "One Long Day"
- "Northbound"
- "Rosaline"
- "Daskarzine"
- "Just How Many Times"
In 1999, Atlantic released a remastered version of the album with four bonus tracks:
- "Teenage Love Affair" from the Teenage Love album
- "Drinkin' In Port Lincoln" also from the Teenage Love album
- "H-Hour Hotel"
- "On The Road"
Personnel
- Jim Barnes - vocals
- Ian Moss - lead vocals tracks 4&6, guitar
- Don Walker - organ, piano, backing vocals
- Steve Prestwich - drums
- Phil Small - bass
- Dave Blight - harmonica, track 2
- Peter Walker - acoustic guitar, track 2
- Wilbur Wilde - saxophone, tracks 3, 6 and 8
- Joe Camilleri - saxophone
- Janice Slater - backing vocals
- Carol Stubbley - backing vocals
References
- ↑ David Kent (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. p. 72. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ Michael Lawrence (1998). Showtime: The Cold Chisel Story. Belmont, Victoria: Michael Lawrence. p. 52. ISBN 1-86503-118-6.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Anthony O'Grady (2001). Cold Chisel: The Pure Stuff. Crows Nest, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin. p. 45. ISBN 1-86508-196-5.
- ↑ Ed St John. "At The Top With Cold Chisel". Rolling Stone Australia (Sydney, NSW: Silvertongues Pty Ltd) (19 March 1981): pgs 16–18.
- ↑ Kruger, Debbie (2005). Songwriters Speak. Balmain, New South Wales: Limelight Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-9757080-3-3.
- ↑ Adrian Zupp. "Cold Chisel". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ↑ Gil Wahlquist (25 June 1978). "Records with Gil Wahlquist". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
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