Semantics (album)
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| EP by Australian Crawl | ||
| Released |  1983 1984 1996 |
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| Recorded | Rhinoceros Studios (Sydney) AAV studios (Melbourne) |
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| Genre | Surf rock | |
| Length | 17:53 (EP) 44:09 (LP) |
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| Label | EMI Australia Geffen EMI Australia |
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| Producer | Mark Opitz | |
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| Singles from Semantics | ||
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Semantics was a 1983 EP by iconic[1] Australian surf rock band Australian Crawl. The album marked a change in the line up of the band as Bill McDonough (drums) was replaced first by Graham Bidstrup (ex-The Angels, The Party Boys with Crawl member James Reyne) to record the EP. The more permanent replacement, after the EP, was John Watson (Kevin Borich Express).[2]
The EP contains their best known song and only #1 single, "Reckless (Don't Be So)"[3] (aka "She Don't Like That") which was written by lead singer Reyne.[4] Listeners of Triple M voted "Reckless" the 39th best song of all time in 2007, it was the highest placed Australian Crawl song.[5]
In the United States and Europe Semantics was released in 1984 by Geffen Records as an expanded version LP featuring the EP's four original tracks plus re-recorded versions of six earlier Australian Crawl songs.[2] The original EP was also re-released as a CD-EP in 1996.[6]
Australian Crawl performed "Reckless" as one of their three songs for the Oz for Africa concert (1985). This was the Australian leg of the global Live Aid show organised by Midge Ure and Bob Geldof. The "Oz for Africa" concert was broadcast on MTV, but only performances by Australian band INXS were placed on the 20th Anniversary DVD collection.[7]
During his solo career, Reyne recorded a different version of "Reckless" for Electric Digger Dandy (aka Any Day Above Ground) in 1991. He still performs the song during live concerts.[6]
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
Songwriting credits from Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).[4]
[edit] Semantics EP
- "Reckless (Don't Be So)" (James Reyne) - 5:20 ^
- "The Night" (Brad Robinson) - 4:11 ^
- "White Limbo" (Simon Binks) - 4:03 ^
- "Looking for Cool" (Reyne) - 4:15 ^
[edit] Semantics LP
- "The Boys Light Up" (Reyne) - 4:41 from The Boys Light Up
- "Errol" (Reyne, Guy McDonough) - 3:30 from Sirocco
- "Indisposed" (B Robinson, James Robinson, Reyne, William 'Bill' McDonough) - 4:05 from The Boys Light Up
- "Looking for Cool" (Reyne) - 4:13 ^
- "Reckless (Don't Be So)" (Reyne) - 5:23 ^
- "Lakeside" (Reyne) - 4:49 from Sirocco
- "White Limbo" (Binks) - 4:04 ^
- "Things Don't Seem" (G McDonough, Sean Higgins) - 3:57 from Sirocco
- "The Night" (B Robinson) - 4:13 ^
- "Unpublished Critics" (Reyne, Paul Williams) - 5:14 from Sirocco
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Australian Crawl
- James Reyne — lead vocals, keyboards, guitar
- Simon Binks — lead guitar
- Paul "Tubbs" Williams — bass guitar
- Guy McDonough — co-lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Brad Robinson — rhythm guitar
- Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup — drums, keyboards (on original EP tracks, marked with ^)
- John Watson — drums (on re-recorded LP tracks, unmarked)
[edit] Additional musicians
- Andrew Thompson — saxophone
- Rosemary Westbrook — double bass on "Reckless"
- Engineer — David Nicholas
- Producer — Mark Opitz
- Re-mastering — Don Bartley (1996)
[edit] References
- ^ "1996: 10th Annual ARIA Awards". ARIA. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
- ^ a b McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop (doc), Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
- ^ Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 David Kent (ISBN 0-646-11917-6)
- ^ a b APRA. APRA. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
- ^ Triple M's Essential 2007 Countdown. Triple M. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
- ^ a b Zentrum Mensch-Maschine-Systeme. Axel Husfeldt (1999-07-09). Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
- ^ Oz For Africa. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
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