Hard Reyne

Studio album by James Reyne

Released

May 1989

Recorded

Mayfair Mews Residential, 1988-89

John Hudson, Simon Hussey

James Reyne chronology

James Reyne
(1987)

Hard Reyne
(1989)

Electric Digger Dandy
(1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Hard Reyne is the second solo album by Australian singer/songwriter James Reyne. It was released in May 1989 and peaked at number 7 on the ARIA Charts. The album produced three singles, "House of Cards", "One More River", "Trouble in Paradise".

Review

Tomas Mureika of All Music said; "Further collaboration with Simon Hussey finds Reyne treading water to some degree, trying to replicate the success of his debut, while lacking the fury and energy that made that album so utterly compelling. "One More River" and "Wake Up Deadman" share a more traditionally bluesy feel, while "House Of Cards" tries to echo the intensity of earlier classics. A mellower, less surprising effort. Hard Reyne is not a bad album by any means, there is just nothing here to render it great."^[2]

Track listing

CD/ Vinyl (CDP 791874 2)

"House of Cards" (James Reyne, Simon Hussey) - 4:26
"Rumour" (Reyne, Hussey) - 3:32
"No Such Thing As Love" (Reyne, Hussey) - 4:32
"One More River" (Reyne) - 4:01
"Shine On" (Reyne, Hussey) - 5:39
"Harvest Moon" (Reyne, Hussey) - 4:14
"Lamp of Heaven" (Reyne, Hussey) - 3:19
"Drifting Away (Confusion of Slow Novas)" (Reyne, Hussey) - 3:37
"Trouble In Paradise" (Reyne, Mark Grieg) - 4:08
"Five Miles Closer To The Sun" (Reyne, Hussey) - 4:37
"Wake Up Dead Man" (Reyne, Hussey) - 3:43

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[3]	7

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)	Position
Australian Albums Chart^[4]	34
Australian Artist Albums Chart	8

Credits

Backing Vocals – Judy Cheeks (tracks: 4), Sony Southon (tracks: 5, 7, 9)
Bass – Andy Cichon
Drums – John Watson
Guitar – James Ralston (tracks: 1 to 5, 9)
Keyboards, Sequenced By [Programming], Congas – Simon Hussey
Piano – Ollie Marland (tracks: 6)
Saxophone – Gary Barnacle (tracks: 1, 4)
Trumpet – John Thirkell (tracks: 1)

References

↑ "”Hard Reyne” by James Reyne". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
↑ "Hard Reyne by James Reyne review". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
↑ "Australiancharts.com – James Reyne – Hard Reyne". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 11 2016.
↑ "ARIA Top 100 Albums 1989". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

James Reyne

Studio albums	James Reyne (1987) Hard Reyne (1989) Electric Digger Dandy (1991) The Whiff of Bedlam (1994) Design for Living (1999) Speedboats for Breakfast (2004) ...And the Horse You Rode In On (2005) Every Man a King (2007) Ghost Ships (2007) TCB (2010) Thirteen (2012)

Live albums	Live in Rio (1996) One Night in Melbourne (2007) Live '99 (2015) All the Hits Live (2015)

Compilations	The Best of James Reyne (1992) Reckless: 1979–1995 (2000) The Definitive Collection (2002) The Essential James Reyne (2008) The Anthology (2014)

Extended Plays	“James Reyne and the Magnificent Few” (2015)

Singles	"Fall of Rome" (1987) "Hammerhead" (1987) "Rip it Up" (1987) "Motor's Too Fast" (1988) "House of Cards" (1989) "One More River" (1989) "Slave" (1991) "Any Day Above Ground" (1991) "Way Out West" (with James Blundell) (1992) "Red Light Avenue" (1994)

Television	Return to Eden (1983) What’s Love Got to Do with It (1993) State Coroner (1998) The Postcard Bandit (2003)

Related articles	Australian Crawl Australian Crawl discography Company of Strangers (group) Company of Strangers Daryl Braithwaite David Reyne Jaime Robbie Reyne Order of Australia

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