Radios Appear
Radios Appear | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 1977 | |||
Recorded | 1976–77 | |||
Studio | Trafalgar Studios, Sydney | |||
Genre | Punk rock, hard rock | |||
Length | 37:08 | |||
Label | Trafalgar | |||
Producer | ||||
Radio Birdman chronology | ||||
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Radios Appear is the first full-length studio album by Australian
Australian rock
and a decisive change from the uneventful early mid-seventies scene.
The album's title was taken from the song "Dominance and Submission" by Blue Öyster Cult, one of the band's most important early influences.
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Radios Appear was ranked the third best Australian album of all time in a 2008 list compiled by Melbourne newspaper The Age.[2] In October 2010, it was ranked no. 13 in the book 100 Best Australian Albums.[3]
Track listing
1977 original (Trafalgar version)
All songs written by Deniz Tek, except where noted.
- "TV Eye" (Dave Alexander, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Iggy Pop) (The Stooges cover)
- "Murder City Nights"
- "Anglo Girl Desire"
- "Man with Golden Helmet" (Dennis Tek / S. Kambly)
- "Descent into the Maelstrom"
- "Monday Morning Gunk"
- "Do the Pop" (Dennis Tek / Mark Sisto)
- "Love Kills"
- "Hand of Law"
- "New Race"
1978 overseas release (sire version)
All songs written by Deniz Tek, except where noted.
- "What Gives?" (Tek, Warwick Gilbert) – 2:22
- "Non-Stop Girls" – 2:40
- "Do the Pop" (Tek, Mark Sisto) – 2:30
- "Man with Golden Helmet" – 5:37
- "Descent into the Maelstrom" – 4:22
- "New Race" – 2:35
- "Aloha Steve and Danno" (Rob Younger, Denis Tek, Mort Stevens) – 3:57
- "Anglo Girl Desire" – 3:04
- "Murder City Nights" - 2:22
- "13th Floor Elevatorscover) – 2:25
- "Hand of Law" – 4:44
- "Hit Them Again" (Tek, Ron Asheton) – 4:32
1995 reassembled and remastered version
- "Aloha Steve & Danno"
- "Non Stop Girls"
- "Anglo Girl Desire"
- "What Gives"
- "Murder City Nights"
- "Man with Golden Helmet"
- "Descent into The Maelstrom"
- "Do the Pop"
- "Hand of Law"
- "New Race"
- "Love Kills"
- "Monday Morning Gunk"
- "Hit Them Again"
- "TV Eye" (Dave Alexander, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Iggy Pop) (The Stooges cover)
- "13th Floor Elevatorscover)
Charts
Chart (1977) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 51 |
Personnel
- Radio Birdman
- lead vocals
- Deniz Tek – guitar, backing vocals
- Chris Masuak – guitar; piano on "Descent into the Maelstrom", backing vocals
- Warwick Gilbert – bass
- Ron Keeley – drums
- Pip Hoyle – organ, piano
with:
- Ron Asheton – co-writer for "Hit Them Again"
See also
- Protopunk
- Australian indie rock
References
- ^ Dougan, John. "Radios Appear – Radio Birdman". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ "The Top 50 Australian Albums of all Time". The Age. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.