I borrowed a friend's CD a few years ago and it had three extra tracks on it, but I will stick with the vinyl version for this because that is the version we bought and loved forty years ago. Why can't the rest of the world see that?Īll right, I own this album on both cassette and vinyl. Chisel have released more consistent albums than Kiss they've never released a St Anger like Metallica. How can that be? When Limp Bizkit has an international following, when Nickelback, that perennial joke of modern music sells millions of albums, why aren't Cold Chisel regarded as stalwarts of rock? Yes, I know, they sing about things that are uniquely Australian, but why should that matter? Especially in this day and age? I do not understand it. One? What? Same for Midnight Oil! And then there are bands like Cold Chisel who do not have a hit outside of their home country. The Divinyls are known as a one-hit-wonder in the USA. I do not understand how some brilliant bands from Australia do not make it overseas. There are still songs that, if I put them on the jukebox at the local hotel, would have people singing along.Ī brief rant, if I may. There are still songs that get played on FM radio. But here's the thing: There are songs on this album that still sound fresh and excellent today. One of the greatest Australian rock albums ever released, one of the finest examples of pub rock with a commercial edge ever recorded, and it was released forty years ago.
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