James Reyne (album)

James Reyne
Studio album by James Reyne
Released 1987
Recorded 1987
Genre Rock music
Length 50:39
Label Capitol Records, EMI
Producer Davitt Sigerson
James Reyne chronology
James Reyne
(1987)
Hard Reyne
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

James Reyne's self-titled studio album was released in 1987 and was the singer's first solo venture since the break-up of the band Australian Crawl in 1986.

The album saw six singles released in Australia the first being, "Fall of Rome", "Hammerhead", "Rip it Up", "Heaven on a Stick", "Motor's Too Fast" and "Always The Way".

Review

Tomas Mureika of All Music said, "Reyne uses his voice as an instrument, leaping wildly across complex melody lines littered with irresistable [sic] hooks" adding the album is "one of the most striking albums of the late-eighties".[2]

Track listing

CD/ Vinyl (CDP 746941 2)
  1. "Fall of Rome" (Reyne)
  2. "Hammerhead" (Reyne / Hussey)
  3. "Mr. Sandman" (Reyne / Hussey)
  4. "Counting on Me" (Reyne / Sigerson)
  5. "Always The Way" (Reyne / Hussey)
  6. "Land of Hope And Glory" (Reyne)
  7. "Heaven on a Stick" (Reyne / Hussey)
  8. "Motor's Too Fast" (Reyne / Hussey) (US & European release and 1988 Australian re-release)
  9. "Rip it Up" (Reyne / Scott / Sigerson)
  10. "Burning Wood" (Reyne)
  11. "The Traveller" (Reyne / Scott / Sigerson)
  12. "Coin in a Plate" (Reyne / Hussey) (1987 Australian release only)

Chart positions

Weekly Chart

Year Chart Position
1987 Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart 4

Year End Chart

Year Chart Position
1987 Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart 25

Personnel

Guests

See Also

List of Top 25 albums for 1987 in Australia

References

  1. ""James Reyne" by James Reyne". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  2. "James Reyne by James Reyne". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.


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