Diamantina Cocktail

Diamantina Cocktail
Studio album by Little River Band
Released 1976 (AUS)
1977 (USA)
Genre Rock
Length 38:09
Label EMI, Capitol Records (AUS)
Harvest Records (USA)
Little River Band chronology

After Hours
(1976)
Diamantina Cocktail
(1976)
Sleeper Catcher
(1978)
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Diamantina Cocktail is the third album by the Little River Band. The U.S. version of the album was actually a partial compilation of the Australian versions of After Hours and Diamantina Cocktail. In the 1980s, Capitol Records released the remaining tracks on a U.S. version of After Hours.

The album was the band's breakthrough in the United States, reaching #49 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart in 1977 and containing two top 20 singles in "Help Is on Its Way" and "Happy Anniversary".

On 30 July 2010, the original Australian version of Diamantina Cocktail became available for download (in digitally remastered form) at the iTunes Store for the first time in the U.S. The U.S. versions of "Days on the Road" and "Take Me Home" were added as bonus tracks, although the cover art for the American version was still used.

A "diamantina cocktail" is a drink invented in the area of the Diamantina River in Queensland, Australia. It consists of Bundaberg Rum, condensed milk and an emu's egg.

Personnel

Track listing

Australian version

Cover of the Australian version of the album Diamantina Cocktail.
  1. "Help Is on Its Way" (Glenn Shorrock) - 4:06
  2. "The Drifter" (Graeham Goble) - 3:53
  3. "L.A. in the Sunshine" (David Briggs, Shorrock) - 3:07
  4. "The Inner Light" (Goble) - 3:31
  5. "Witchery" (Beeb Birtles) - 2:48
  6. "Home on Monday" (Birtles, Shorrock) - 3:53
  7. "Happy Anniversary" (Briggs) - 4:04
  8. "Raelene, Raelene" (Birtles) - 4:27
  9. "Changed and Different" (Goble) - 4:02
  10. "Days on the Road" (version 2) (Goble) - 4:51 (bonus track on 2010 remaster)
  11. "Take Me Home" (version 2) (Birtles) - 3:48 (bonus track on 2010 remaster)

International version

  1. "Help Is on Its Way" (Shorrock) - 4:06
  2. "Days on the Road" (Goble) - 4:54
  3. "Happy Anniversary" (Briggs) - 4:04
  4. "Another Runway" (Birtles, Ric Formosa) - 6:33
  5. "Every Day of My Life" (Birtles) - 3:53
  6. "Home on Monday" (Birtles, Shorrock) - 3:53
  7. "The Inner Light" (Goble) - 3:31
  8. "Broke Again" (Birtles, Goble) - 3:27
  9. "Take Me Home"(Birtles) - 3:48

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1977 Top LPs & Tapes 49

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year Single Chart Position
1977 "Help Is on Its Way" Hot 100 Singles 14
1978 "Happy Anniversary" Hot 100 Singles 16

References