Australian Crawl - The Boys Light Up (1980) torrent

The Boys Light Up is the debut album from Australian surf rock band Australian Crawl[1] which was released in 1980 and contains the title track, \\\"The Boys Light Up\\\", \\\"Indisposed\\\", \\\"Downhearted\\\" and their previously released debut single \\\"Beautiful People\\\". The album reached #4 on the Australian album charts and remained in the charts for an unbroken 101 weeks,[2] eventually selling over 280 000 copies (five times platinum).

The title track, written by lead singer James Reyne contains the invented word \\\"dorseted\\\":

\\\"People aren\\\'t used to hearing \\\'Dorseted\\\', and it\\\'s not actually a word - it\\\'s from the Dorset Gardens - I\\\'m trying to be as suburban as possible, and it rhymed with \\\'corseted\\\'.\\\" - James Reyne, 2003[3]

Various band members were involved in songwriting, often with relatives or former bandmates. Rhythm guitarist Brad Robinson\\\'s father James Robinson was a Federal Arbitration Court Justice and co-wrote two songs for this album.[4] Reyne\\\'s bandmate from Spiff Rouch, Mark Hudson co-wrote their first single, \\\"Beautiful People\\\" (1979).[5] \\\"Downhearted\\\" was written by Bill McDonough and his bandmates from The Flatheads, Guy McDonough (his brother, who later joined the Crawl) and Sean Higgins.[5] Producer, David Briggs (Little River Band guitarist), co-wrote \\\"Hoochie Gucci Fiorucci Mama\\\" with Reyne.[5]

The album was re-released in 1992 in CD format (see cover right below), and as a 2-CD set with follow-up album Sirocco in 1996.

Track listing

1. \\\"My Coffee\\\'s Gone Cold\\\" (Simon Binks) - 3:29
2. \\\"Man Crazy\\\" (James Reyne) - 3:39
3. \\\"Way I\\\'ve Been\\\" (Brad Robinson, James Robinson) - 2:17
4. \\\"Chinese Eyes\\\" (James Reyne, Simon Binks) - 3:01
5. \\\"Downhearted\\\" (Sean Higgins, Guy McDonough, William \\\'Bill\\\' McDonough) - 3:09
6. \\\"Beautiful People\\\" (James Reyne, Mark Hudson) - 2:56
7. \\\"Indisposed\\\" (Brad Robinson, James Robinson, James Reyne, William \\\'Bill\\\' McDonough) - 4:04
8. \\\"Walk My Way\\\" (James Reyne, Brad Robinson)- 2:44
9. \\\"The Boys Light Up\\\" (James Reyne) - 4:41
10. \\\"Boot Hill\\\" (James Reyne, Simon Binks) - 2:36
11. \\\"Red Guitar\\\" (Simon Binks) - 3:19
12. \\\"Hoochie Gucci Fiorucci Mama\\\" (James Reyne, David Briggs) - 2:30

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