Australian Crawl discography
Australian Crawl discography | |
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Studio albums | 4 |
Live albums | 3 |
Compilation albums | 7 |
Video albums | 3 |
EPs | 1 |
Singles | 17 |
Formation and line-up
The band was founded by James Reyne (
The band's second album, Sirocco, was released in 1981 and achieved number one on the albums charts.[3][6] On the 1981 Australian End of Year Album Charts, Sirocco is number two, behind Double Fantasy by John Lennon and ahead of AC/DC's Back in Black, making it the best-charting album by an Australian act for the year.[6][7][8] Their third album, Sons of Beaches, was released in 1982; it also reached number one.[6] Bill McDonough left before they recorded their extended play, Semantics, in 1983,[3][6] which achieved number one on the Kent Music Report singles chart.[1][6] Bill McDonough was replaced on drums, temporarily by Graham Bidstrup and permanently by John Watson.[1][3] Semantics contained the track "Reckless (Don't Be So)", which is described as a number one-single in Music Australia's profile on James Reyne.[4][8][9] The live album Phalanx was a stop-gap measure between studio albums; nevertheless, it reached number four on the albums charts during December 1983.[1] In early 1984, the band signed with Geffen Records for international release of their material.[1]
In 1984, the band released the best of their early material as a compilation titled
Australian Crawl were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame on 30 September 1996.[14] Two weeks later, on 13 October 1996, Robinson died of lymphoma.[1][14][15] After Lost & Found, another compilation was released, More Wharf: Their Greatest Hits in 1998.[3] This was followed by the compilation Reckless: 1979–1995, released in 2000 and credited to Australian Crawl and James Reyne. This was followed by the compilation Australian Crawl and James Reyne: The Definitive Collection, released in 2002.[3]
Albums
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
Certifications | |
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AUS [6] |
NZ [16] | |||
The Boys Light Up | 4 | 14 |
| |
Sirocco |
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1 | — |
|
Sons of Beaches |
|
1 | 29 |
|
Between a Rock and a Hard Place |
|
11 | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart and/or did not receive certification. |
Live albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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AUS [6][17] |
NZ [16] | |||
Phalanx | 4 | 13 | ||
The Final Wave |
|
16 | — | |
Live at Billboard 1981 | — | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Compilation albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
Certifications |
---|---|---|---|
AUS [6][17] | |||
Semantics[nb 1] |
|
— | |
Crawl File |
|
2 | |
Lost & Found[nb 2] |
|
— | |
More Wharf: Greatest Hits |
|
— | |
Reckless: 1979–1995[nb 3]
|
|
— | |
The Definitive Collection[nb 3] |
|
— | |
The Greatest Hits |
|
4 |
|
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Video albums
Title | Video details |
---|---|
The Crawl Video File | |
More Wharf: Their Greatest Video Hits | |
Australian Crawl and James Reyne: The Definitive Collection[nb 4] |
Extended plays
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
Certifications |
---|---|---|---|
AUS [6] | |||
Semantics[nb 1] | 1 |
|
Singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |
---|---|---|---|---|
AUS [6] |
NZ | |||
1979 | "Beautiful People" | 22 | — | The Boys Light Up |
1980 | "The Boys Light Up" | 22 | — | |
"Downhearted" | 12 | 25 | ||
1981 | "Things Don't Seem" | 11 | — | Sirocco |
"Errol" | 18 | — | ||
"Oh No Not You Again" | 58 | — | ||
1982 | "Shut Down" | 17 | — | Sons of Beaches |
"Daughters of the Northern Coast" | 76 | — | ||
"Runaway Girls" | 88 | — | ||
"Santa Claus Is Back in Town"[nb 6][27] | — | — | Non-album single | |
1983 | "Reckless (Don't Be So)"[nb 1] | 1 | 8 | Semantics EP |
1984 | "Louie Louie" | 81 | — | Phalanx |
"Unpublished Critics" | — | — | Crawl File | |
1985 | "Two Can Play" | 44 | — | Between a Rock and a Hard Place |
"If This Is Love" | 87 | — | ||
"Trouble Spot Rock" | 69 | — | ||
1986 | "Two Hearts" | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Other appearances
Year | Song contributed | Album |
---|---|---|
1982 | "Six Days on the Road" (Dave Dudley cover) | Rocking Australia Live[28] |
"Unpublished Critics" (live version) | Rocking Australia Live[28] |
References
General
- "Australian Crawl – Discography". Macrovision. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
- "Australian Crawl – Discography". Discogs. Zink Media Inc. Archived from the original on 12 May 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
- "Australian Crawl – Discography". MetaBrainz Foundation. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
Specific
- ^ ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the originalon August 3, 2004. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
- ^ a b Nimmervoll, Ed. "Australian Crawl". Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll). Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Australian Crawl". Australian Rock Database. Magnus Holmgren. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
- ^ a b c d Mureika, Tomas. "Australian Crawl > Biography". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
- ^ "The Boys Light Up". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
- ^ ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian singles and albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own chartsin mid-1988.
- ISBN 0-207-15232-2.
- ^ a b c St. John, Ed (1986). The Final Wave (Media notes). Australian Crawl. Sydney, NSW: EMI.
- ^ a b "James Reyne". Music Australia. National Library of Australia. 3 April 2007. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
- ^ Schnee, Stephen SPAZ. "Semantics > Overview". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Guy McDonough". Australian Rock Database. Magnus Holmgren. Archived from the original on 19 March 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
- ^ a b "Obscure 80's/MFV Archive". New Wave Outpost. Archived from the original on 7 August 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
- ^ a b c "Lost & Found album insert". James Reyne Official website. Archived from the original on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
- ^ a b "1996: 10th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
- ^ Petkovski, Suzi (December 1996). "Master Blaster". Australian Tennis Magazine. Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
- ^ a b Steffen Hung. "Australian Crawl - Downhearted". charts.nz. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ^ a b "Discography Australian Crawl". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 24 April 2009. NOTE: Information supplied by ARIA shows that Australian Crawl has no Top 50 charting albums or singles since they started their charts in mid-1988.
- ^ "ARCA Desk Tape Series". Support Act. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Live at Billboard 1981 (DD)". Apple Music. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2019 Albums". ARIA. November 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- Australian Federal Government. Retrieved 2009-05-26. [dead link]
- ^ "Catalogue Details - Australian Crawl, Greatest Hits and More Wharf". State Reference Library of Western Australia. Retrieved 2009-05-26.[permanent dead link]
- Australian Federal Government. Retrieved 2009-05-26. [dead link]
- ^ "Archived Australasian Releases: May 2004". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 2009-09-14. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- Australian Federal Government. Retrieved 2009-05-26. [dead link]
- Cash Box. 25 February 1984. p. 18. Retrieved 8 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "single cover of "Santa Claus is Back in Town"". Rate Your Music.com. Retrieved 2009-05-26.[dead link]
- ^ a b "Rocking Australia Live". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
Notes
- ^ LP in 1984 for the international markets, by the addition of six re-recorded tracks from their first three studio albums.[1]
- ^ Lost & Found is credited to 'Members of Australian Crawl'.[3][13] Seven tracks on this album had originally appeared on Australian Crawl's guitarist and songwriter Guy McDonough's posthumously released solo album, My Place in 1985.[3][11][13] Both My Place and Lost & Found were produced by Bill McDonough (ex-Australian Crawl drummer and percussionist), Guy's older brother.[1][11][12]
- ^
- ^ Australian Crawl and James Reyne: The Definitive Collection was a 2 disc DVD; the first disc featured 15 video clips of Australian Crawl songs, two live appearances, two television appearances and a number of extras including a rare recorded performance by Spiff Rouch (the earliest incarnation of Australian Crawl). The second disc features videos and live recordings of James Reyne, as a solo artist.
- ^ The DVD was pulled from shelves by the distributor shortly after its release.
- ^ "Santa Claus is Back in Town" was originally released as a B-side to "Runaway Girls" in December, 1982 but was also released as a separate single.
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