Human Frailty

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Human Frailty
Studio album by Hunters & Collectors
Released 7 April 1986
Recorded Allan Easton's Studio, St Kilda, 1985-1986
Genre Australian rock
Length 53:19
Label Mushroom Records
Producer Gavin MacKillop, Hunters & Collectors
Hunters & Collectors chronology

The Jaws Of Life
(1984)		 Human Frailty
(1986)		 What's a Few Men?
(1987)
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Allmusic [1]

Human Frailty is an album released by Australian band Hunters & Collectors in 1986. It was their commercial breakthrough album in Australia, and a commercial and critical success. Singles from the album were "Say Goodbye", "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (a re-recorded version of the previous release as a single) and "Everything's On Fire".

Mark Seymour later said, "I remember having a discussion with Robert Miles and Doug Falconer in a beergarden at the Standard Hotel in Fitzroy, and I said 'Look, you know, we should try and make a commercial record if we want to take things seriously in the long term.' I think that was a year before we even started thinking about recording this record."[2]

The album featured a song originally recorded by Sardine v, "Stuck On You". Sardine v included Stephanie Falconer aka Stephanie Rilen.[3]

"Human Frailty" reached number 8 in the Australian charts[4] and number 5 in New Zealand.[5] In October 2010, it was listed at No. 18 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[6]

Track listing

(All lyrics by Mark Seymour, music by Hunters & Collectors except where marked)

  1. "Say Goodbye" – 3:51
  2. "Throw Your Arms Around Me" – 3:53
  3. "Dog" – 3:40
  4. "Everything's On Fire" – 4:27
  5. "Relief" – 5:08
  6. "The Finger" – 4:28
  7. "99th Home Position" – 2:39
  8. "Is There Anybody In There?" – 3:25
  9. "Stuck On You" (Ian Rilen and Stephanie Rilen aka S Falconer)[7] – 3:13
  10. "This Morning" – 6:42

Additional CD tracks from Living Daylight EP

  1. "Living Daylight" – 3:14
  2. "Inside a Fireball" – 4:05
  3. "January Rain" – 4:27

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Tracee Hutchison (1992). Your Name's On The Door. Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Enterprises. p. 113. ISBN 0-7333-0115-0. 
  3. ↑ "Sardine v". Australian Rock Database. Magnus Holmgren. Retrieved 2007-10-01. 
  4. ↑ John O'Donnell, Toby Creswell & Craig Mathieson (2010). The 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Victoria: Hardie Grant Books. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9. 
  5. ↑ "HUNTERS & COLLECTORS - HUMAN FRAILTY (ALBUM)". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 13 February. 
  6. ↑ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9. 
  7. ↑ "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Retrieved 2007-10-01. 
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