This Island (Eurogliders album)
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| Studio album by Eurogliders | ||||
| Released | May 1984 | |||
| Recorded | March, July–December 1983 | |||
| Genre | Rock, new wave | |||
| Length | 42:58 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Nigel Gray, Mark Moffatt, Mark Opitz | |||
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| Singles from This Island | ||||
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This Island is the second studio album by Australian rock band Eurogliders, and was released in May 1984 on Columbia Records.[2][3] It peaked at #4 on the Australian Kent Music Report albums chart,[4] it spawned their #2 hit single, "Heaven (Must Be There)".[4]
The album appeared on the United States Billboard 200 albums chart;[5][6] "Heaven" also received significant airplay and peaked at #21 on the Mainstream Rock chart and appeared on the Hot 100.[7][8]
Background
Guitarist and singer, Bernie Lynch and his domestic partner, UK-born vocalist, Grace Knight, formed Eurogliders during 1980 in Perth, Western Australia with Crispin Akerman on guitar, Don Meharry on bass guitar, Guy Slingerland on drums and Amanda Vincent on keyboards.[3][9] By the end of 1981, drummer John Bennetts replaced Slingerland.[2][3][9] They were signed by manager, Brian Peacock, to their first recording and publishing contracts with Polygram.[2] They recruited Melbourne bass player Geoff Rosenberg to replace Meharry.
In late 1981, Eurogliders travelled to the Philippines capital of Manila, to start recording their first album, Pink Suit Blue Day, produced by Englishman Lem Lubin, which did not peak into the top 50 of the Australian Kent Music Report albums chart.[2][3][4][9] From Manila, they relocated to Sydney where several tracks were re-recorded and the entire album was remixed.[2] They released their first single in June, "Without You", which peaked into the top 40 on the Kent Music Report singles chart.[4] A follow-up single, "Laughing Matter" in September did not chart into the top 50.[4]
Eurogliders changed record labels from Polygram to CBS in 1983, they recorded "No Action" which was released as a single.[2] The band replaced bass guitarist, Rosenberg, with Scott Saunders and then travelled to the UK in July.[2] While there, they replaced Sauders with bass guitarist Ron Francois, formerly of The Teardrop Explodes and Lene Lovich.[2][3] With this line-up they recorded This Island, produced by Nigel Gray (also worked with the Police) which was released in May 1984 and peaked at #4 on the Australian albums chart.[4] The single, "Heaven (Must Be There)", also released in May, reached #2 on the Australian singles charts,[4] and #65 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and #21 on its Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[7][8] The album peaked at #140 on the Billboard 200 chart.[5][6]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Bernie Lynch[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20].
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Heaven (Must Be There)" | 3:43 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Someone" | 3:38 | ||||||||
| 3. | "No Action" | 3:25 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Never Say" | 3:35 | ||||||||
| 5. | "Maybe Only I Dream" | 3:17 | ||||||||
| 6. | "Cold Comfort" | 3:35 | ||||||||
| 7. | "Another Day in the Big World" | 3:02 | ||||||||
| 8. | "Keep it Quiet" | 2:52 | ||||||||
| 9. | "Nothing to Say" | 3:42 | ||||||||
| 10. | "Judy's World" | 3:53 | ||||||||
| 11. | "Waiting for You" | 4:25 | ||||||||
| 12. | "It's the Way" | 3:33 | ||||||||
Personnel
Eurogliders members
- Crispin Akerman — guitar
- John Bennetts — drums, percussion, cymbals
- Ron Francois — synthesiser, bass guitar, backing vocals
- Grace Knight — vocals, tenor saxophone, keyboards
- Bernie Lynch — vocals, synthesiser
- Geoff Rosenberg — bass guitar on "No Action"
- Amanda Vincent — synthesiser, keyboards, glockenspiel
Additional musicians
- Mark Bhan — trumpet
- Mark Isham — trumpet
- Gary Kettel — percussion
- Sam McNally — synthesiser
- Mark Moffatt — drums, drum programming
Recording details
- Engineer — David Nicholas, Jim Ebdon, Nigel Gray, Pete Buhlman
- Assistant Engineer —
- Mix Engineer & Post Production — Jon Mathias, Mark Moffatt
- Assistant Mix Engineer —
- Producer — Nigel Gray
- except for "No Action" — Mark Moffatt, Mark Opitz
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Eurogliders'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan; Francois, Ron; Meharry, Don. "Eurogliders". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgrem). Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Artist Album Chart History: Eurogliders". Billboard. Neilson Business Media. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Eurogliders > Charts & Awards - Billboard Albums". allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Artist Single Chart History: Eurogliders". Billboard (magazine). Neilson Business Media. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Eurogliders > Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles". allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "eurogliders". Australian Jazz Agency. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ↑ ""Heaven Must Be There" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ↑ ""Someone" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ↑ ""No Action" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ↑ ""Never Say" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ↑ ""Maybe Only I Dream" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ↑ ""Cold Comfort" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ↑ ""Another Day in the Big World" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ↑ ""Keep it Quiet" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ↑ ""Nothing to Say" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ↑ ""Judy's World" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ↑ ""It's the Way" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 June 2009.