Air Supply (1976 album)
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Released | December 1976 | |||
Recorded | October 1976 | |||
Studio | Albert Studio, Sydney | |||
Genre | Soft rock, disco | |||
Label | CBS Records | |||
Producer | Peter Dawkins | |||
Air Supply chronology | ||||
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Alternate cover | ||||
Singles from Air Supply | ||||
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Air Supply is the debut album by British/Australian soft rock band Air Supply released on CBS Records in December 1976.[1] The lead single "Love and Other Bruises" was released in October, reaching No. 6 on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart, followed by the album peak at No. 17 on the Kent Albums Chart.[2] While the album reached gold status in Australia, the second single "Empty Pages" did not reach the Top 40 in February 1977.[2] The album was issued as Strangers in Love in Japan.
The album preceded the band's international recognition, which followed Lost in Love in 1980; the band would later release another self-titled album in 1985.
Background
Reception
Track listing
All tracks are written by Graham Russell[7]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Feel the Breeze" | 3:55 |
2. | "I Don't Believe You" | 4:02 |
3. | "Empty Pages" | 4:20 |
4. | "What a Life" | 4:36 |
5. | "Secret Agent" | 3:41 |
6. | "The Weight Is My Soul" | 3:29 |
7. | "Love and Other Bruises" | 3:43 |
8. | "It's Not Easy" | 4:24 |
9. | "We Are All Alone" | 3:16 |
10. | "Strangers in Love" | 3:46 |
11. | "Ain't It a Shame" | 3:10 |
Personnel
Air Supply members
- Russell Hitchcock – lead (1-3, 7, 8, 10, 11) and backing vocals, congas
- Mark McEntee – electric lead and rhythm guitars
- Graham Russell – electric and acoustic guitars, lead (2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11) and backing vocals
- Adrian Scott – keyboards, backing vocals
- Jeremy Paul – bass guitars, lead (2, 4) and backing vocals
- Jeff Browne – drums (all but 7)
Additional musicians
- Ian Bloxsom – extra percussion
- Peter Deacon – piano (7)
- William Motzing – string arrangements and conductor
- Graeme Pearce – drums (7)
Recording details
- Producer – Peter Dawkins
- Engineer – Richard Lush at EMI Studios, Sydney.
- Except "Love and Other Bruises" engineer – Bruce Brown at Albert Studios
- Additional engineer – Martin Benge
- Mastered – CBS Records, Artarmon.
Artwork
- Art direction and design – J. Peter Thoeming
- Photography – Carroll Holloway
Charts
Chart (1976/77) | Peak position |
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Australian (Kent Music Report)[8] | 17 |
Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[9] | Gold | 50,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Date | Region | Label | Format | Catalog | Notes |
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1976 | Australia | CBS | LP | SBP 234929 | [10] |
New Zealand | |||||
Canada | Columbia | PES 90413 | |||
1976 | Australia | CBS | CAS
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PC 4929 | |
Summit/Rainbow | SUL 3002 | ||||
1977 | Australia | CBS | 2LP | SBP 241031 | Repackaged with The Whole Thing's Started |
1980 | Japan | Epic/Sony | LP | 25•3P-232 | Issued as Strangers in Love, alternate cover[10] |
1981 | Australia | Harmony | LP | HC 15070 | Love and Other Bruises compilation, includes six tracks from Air Supply |
CAS | TCHC 15070 | ||||
Summit/Rainbow | SC 3036 | ||||
1988 | Australia | Columbia/ Sony
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CD | 463016 2 | |
CBS/Disctronics | 463016 2 | Reissue of 1981 compilation, alternate cover[11] | |||
CBS | CAS | 463016 4 | |||
1991 | Australia | Rainbow | CD | RCD 1118 | First appearance of full album on CD [12] |
1992 | Australia | Rainbow | 2CD | 2RCD 111/112 | Feel the Breeze, includes Air Supply and The Whole Thing's Started [12] |
1996 | Korea | Columbia/Sony | CD | 486553.2 | Once Upon a Time, includes three tracks from Air Supply |
CAS | 486553.4 |
See also
References
- ^ Air Supply History Archived 21 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 December 2008
- ^ ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own chartsin mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
- ^ ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the originalon 5 April 2004. Retrieved 16 August 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
- ^ ISBN 1-86503-891-1.
- ^ Holmgren, Magnus; Thornton, Mary Ann; Padgett, Chris. "Air Supply". Australian Rock Database. Magnus Holmgren. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- Cash Box. 3 December 1977. p. 20. Retrieved 25 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
- Australasian Performing Right Association(APRA). Retrieved 17 August 2010. Note: Results for "Feel the Breeze" are shown. Search engine (at 'Search again' tab) requires user to enter song title e.g. I Don't Believe You
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Cashbox Magazine" (PDF). Billboard. 18 June 1977. p. 54. Retrieved 12 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
- ^ a b "Air Supply History: Chapter 3"
- ^ "Air Supply History: Chapter 16"
- ^ a b "Air Supply History: Chapter 18"