Sons of Beaches

Sons Of Beaches
Studio album by Australian Crawl
Released	1982
Genre	Rock
Length	47:44
Label	EMI
Producer	Mike Chapman
Australian Crawl chronology
Sirocco (1981) Sons Of Beaches (1982) Semantics (1983)
Singles from Sons of Beaches
"Shut Down" Released: June 1982 "Daughters of the Northern Coast" Released: August 1982 "Runaway Girls" / "Santa Claus is Back in Town" Released: December 1982

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Allmusic	[1]

Sons of Beaches is the third album from Australian rock band Australian Crawl^[2] and their second #1 in the Australian albums charts (for 5 weeks).^[3] The album released in 1982 on EMI was recorded in Hawaii with ex-pat Mike Chapman, who had also produced Blondie and The Knack.^[4]

"Shut Down" was the first single from Sons of Beaches and reached #17 on the Australian Singles Chart in 1982.^[3] It was written by drummer Bill McDonough^[5] and features lead vocals by James Reyne.

The other singles, "Daughters of the Northern Coast" and "Runaway Girls" / "Santa Claus is Back in Town" charted poorly at #76 and #88 respectively.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Runaway Girls" (Guy McDonough)
2. "Daughters of the Northern Coast" (James Reyne, G McDonough)
3. "Mid-Life Crisis" (Reyne)
4. "Shut Down" (William "Bill" McDonough)
5. "King Sap (and Princess Sag)" (Reyne)
6. "Letter From Zimbabwe" (Reyne)
7. "Downhearted" (Sean Higgins, G McDonough, W McDonough)
8. "Live Now, Pay Later" (Reyne)
9. "Dianne" (G McDonough)
10. "Grinning Bellhops" (Reyne)
11. "Waiting" (Brad Robinson, G McDonough)
12. "(Not So) Happy Song For Problem Children" (Reyne)

Songwriting credits from Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).^[5]

Chart positions

Personnel

Credited to:^[2][6]

• James Reyne – lead vocals, piano
• Simon Binks – lead guitar
• Guy McDonough – co-lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Bill McDonough – drums, percussion
• Paul Williams – bass guitar
• Brad Robinson – rhythm guitar

• Producer — Mike Chapman

References

1. ↑ Allmusic review
2. 1 2 Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan; Draper, Oliver; McDonough, Bill. "Australian Crawl". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2014. 
3. 1 2 3 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.
4. ↑ McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop (doc). Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Retrieved 2008-04-10. 
5. 1 2 "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
6. ↑ "MSN entry on Sons of Beaches". MSN. Retrieved 2008-03-05.