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
Source	Rating
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)

"Fall of Rome" (Reyne)
"Hammerhead" (Reyne / Hussey)
"Mr. Sandman" (Reyne / Hussey)
"Counting on Me" (Reyne / Sigerson)
"Always The Way" (Reyne / Hussey)
"Land of Hope And Glory" (Reyne)
"Heaven on a Stick" (Reyne / Hussey)
"Motor's Too Fast" (Reyne / Hussey) (US & European release and 1988 Australian re-release)
"Rip it Up" (Reyne / Scott / Sigerson)
"Burning Wood" (Reyne)
"The Traveller" (Reyne / Scott / Sigerson)
"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

James Reyne – Vocals, guitar
Jef Scott – Guitars, bass, vocals
David Far Agher – Bass
John Watson – Drums & percussion

Guests

Phil Shenale – Keyboards
David Baerwald – Guitar
David Lindley – Lap steel & Hawaiian Guitars
Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
Olivia Newton-John – backing vocals on 'Hammerhead'
Bill Payne – Piano
David Ricketts – Guitar, keyboards
Peter Snell – Guitar
Lee Curreri – Keyboards
Bob Thiele – Keyboards

References

↑ ""James Reyne" by James Reyne". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
↑ "James Reyne by James Reyne". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 11 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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