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[2] [3] [5] All tracks were written by Don Walker, except "Juliet", where Barnes composed its melody and Walker the lyrics. [11] Cold Chisel was released in April and included guest studio musicians: Dave Blight on harmonica (who became a regular on-stage guest) and saxophonists Joe Camilleri and Wilbur Wilde (from Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons).
East is the third studio album by Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel, released in June 1980. The album peaked at No. 2 and spent 63 weeks on the national chart. [1] It was the biggest-selling Australian album release of the year. It was the only Cold Chisel album to chart in America, reaching 171 on the Billboard 200 in 1981.
Springsteen pronounces it to rhyme with "barn" rather than with "man", as the Cold Chisel version does. A video was made to promote the single, directed by Paul Drane. [24] It was filmed in a movie studio in Melbourne, [25] and featured the band miming to the song, interspersed with some sepia-toned footage of the band backstage. [26]
In the Sydney Morning Herald, the album was described as, "Hard music carrying politically aware lyrics, forced home with hammer-like backgrounds." [3] The Canberra Times said, "to see a group sweating and roaring and squealing and stomping brings joy to the soul. If there is a top Australian group right now, it has to be Cold Chisel." [15]
In 2007, Australian singer Katie Noonan recorded the song for the Cold Chisel tribute album Standing on the Outside. It was also included as a bonus track on her album Skin, released in the same year. In 2013, Australian singer Taylor Henderson recorded a version for his eponymous debut studio album. [11]
The Canberra Times said, "Cold Chisel have delivered a very impressive debut which leave me at odds in trying to lay any constructive criticism - the band just exudes potential." [17] Roadrunner said the music had a, "solid blues base." The lyrics were, "not your standard introspective stuff.
The Live Tapes Vol. 5 is a live album by Australian rock band Cold Chisel, released on 11 December 2020.The album was recorded at the Bondi Lifesaver on 29 February 1980. The recording were captured on two multitrack tapes, after 43 shows over 56 days.
It subsequently appeared on 1991's Chisel compilation, and as a (CD) single in its own right. However, the 1980 b-side version remains unique in that it includes Steve Prestwich's count-in, trimmed from subsequent reissues. On the 2007 tribute album Standing on the Outside: The Songs of Cold Chisel, "My Baby" was covered by Thirsty Merc.