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Noiseworks 
Studio album by Noiseworks Released 20 July 1987 Genre Pub rock Label CBS Producer Mark Opitz Noiseworks chronology Noiseworks
(1987)Touch
(1988)Singles from Noiseworks - "No Lies"
Released: 1986 - "Take Me Back"
Released: 1987 - "Love Somebody"
Released: 1987 - "Welcome to the World"
Released: 1987 - "Burning Feeling"
Released: 1988
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[1]Noiseworks is the debut album by Australian rock band, Noiseworks. It was released by CBS Records on 20 July 1987. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart,[2] with the introduction of the ARIA Album Charts in the beginning of 1988, the album was still in the charts at No. 37.[3] "Love Somebody" and "Welcome to the World" were also lifted from the album, but neither made the Top 40.[2] Noiseworks sold more than 210,000 copies (3× platinum) in Australia.[4] "Burning Feeling" was released as the album's fifth single in early 1988, which failed to chart.[2]
Contents
Track listing
Noiseworks No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Burning Feeling" Jon Stevens, Stuart Fraser[5] 3:56 2. "Love Somebody" Stevens, Fraser[5] 4:24 3. "Take Me Back" Stevens, Brent Thomas[6] 3:27 4. "No Lies" Stevens, Thomas[5] 3:54 5. "River of Tears" Stevens, Fraser, Justin Stanley[5] 5:17 6. "Welcome to the World" Stevens, Fraser, Stanley, Steve Balbi, Kevin Nicol[5] 5:08 7. "Edge of Darkness" Stevens, Fraser, Stanley[5] 3:45 8. "Little Bit More" Stevens, Thomas[5] 3:19 9. "Only Loving You" Steve Balbi[5] 4:02 10. "It's Time" Stevens, Balbi, Stanley, K. O'Reilly[5] 4:51 Charts
Year Chart Position 1987 Australian KMR Album Chart 2[3] 1987 New Zealand Album Chart 31[7] 1988 Swedish Album Chart 43[8] Personnel
- Steve Balbi - bass
- Stuart Fraser - guitar
- Kevin Nicol - drums
- Justin Stanley - keyboards
- Jon Stevens - vocals
Credits
- Mastering - Leon Zervos
- Engineer - Alan Wright
- Assistant Engineers - Heidi Cannavo, John Darwish, Mark Roberts, Paul Kosky, Paula Jones
- Photography - Gary Heery
- Produced - Mark Opitz
External links
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
- ^ a b "Discography Noiseworks". Australian charts portal. Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Noiseworks. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ McFarlane, 'Noiseworks' entry. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) search engine". APRA. http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt. Retrieved 7 July 2010. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. BURNING FEELING
- ^ "Take Me Back". The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) search engine. ASCAP. http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=500400202&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=25&start=1. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ "Discography Noiseworks". New Zealand charts portal. Hung Medien. http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Noiseworks. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ "Discography Noiseworks". Swedish charts portal. Hung Medien. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Noiseworks. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
Categories:- 1987 albums
- Debut albums
- Rock albums by Australian artists
- "No Lies"
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