Adultery (Do-Re-Mi album)

Adultery
EP by Do-Ré-Mi
Released October 1987
Recorded 1987
Genre Rock/Pop
Label Virgin
Do-Ré-Mi chronology
Domestic Harmony
(1985)		 Adultery
(1987)		 The Happiest Place in Town
(1988)

Adultery is the CD/EP album by Australian rock/pop group Do-Ré-Mi which was released by Virgin Records in October 1987.[1] The EP has five tracks, which were written by lead vocalist Deborah Conway, drummer Dorland Bray, bass guitarist Helen Carter and guitarist Stephen Philip.[2][3] Do-Ré-Mi's debut single "Man Overboard" had been top 5 hit in 1985,[4][5][6] but Adultery, which charted on the National singles charts, had less chart success.[4] It was released as a single in different forms for UK, German and North American markets, the Australian 1987 CD version had five tracks.[3]

Background

Do-Ré-Mi had formed in Sydney in 1981 when Deborah Conway (lead vocals) and Dorland Bray (drums, percussion, backing vocals), both previously in Melbourne-based group The Benders, joined Helen Carter (bass, backing vocals) ex-Friction.[3] Stephen Philip (guitar), ex-Thought Criminals, was initially a studio musician for their debut EP, Do-Ré-Mi released in August 1982 and was asked to join formally.[1] They returned to the studio almost immediately and recorded The Waiting Room EP which was released in January 1983.[1] Paul Hester, later drummer for Split Enz and Crowded House, was living with Conway and guested on timbales for the track, "(Just Like) Hercules" from The Waiting Room.[7][8] "Man Overboard" had its first appearance on that EP but was later re-worked and released as a single in 1985 from the Domestic Harmony album for Virgin Records, it peaked at #5 on the Australian singles charts.[5] In 1987, Do-Ré-Mi released the Adultery EP as a CD single with five tracks in Australia, while international single releases had different tracks as the B-side(s).[3] Three tracks had previously been released as singles in Australia, "Guns and Butter", "Idiot Grin" and "Warnings Moving Clockwise" but had little chart success, Adultery peaked at #22 on the Australian national singles charts.[4]

Track listing

All tracks were written by Deborah Conway, Dorland Bray, Helen Carter and Stephen Philip, except where indicated.[2]

Australian 1987 original CD single release

  1. "Adultery" (Bray, Carter, Philip)
  2. "Deep Blue Sea"
  3. "Guns and Butter"
  4. "Idiot Grin"
  5. "Warnings Moving Clockwise"

Personnel

Do-Ré-Mi members

Additional musicians

Recording details

References

  1. 1 2 3 Nimmervoll, Ed. "Do-Ré-Mi". HowlSpace – The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll). Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Retrieved 2008-10-14. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. ADULTERY
  3. 1 2 3 4 Holmgren, Magnus. "Do-Ré-Mi". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  5. 1 2 Kruger, Debbie (14–20 July 2004). "Once more with feeling". Melbourne Weekly Bayside Magazine. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  6. ↑ "Long Way To The Top article on Helen Carter". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  7. ↑ "Deborah Conway Official Website". Deborah Conway. Archived from the original on 21 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  8. ↑ Harris, Anna (30 January 2004). "Deborah Conway - still alive and brilliant". Archived from the original on 2006-05-14. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
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