Business as Usual

Business as Usual

Infobox Album |
Name = Business as Usual
Type = Album
Artist = Men at Work


Released = December 1981 (AUS), August 24 1982 (USA)
Recorded = October 1981
Genre = New wave
Rock
Length = 38:11
Label = Columbia
Producer = Peter McIan
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:uauh6j3h7180~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/menatwork/albums/album/317826/review/6067698/business_as_usual link]
Last album =
This album = "Business as Usual"
(1982)
Next album = "Cargo"
(1983)

"Business as Usual" is the debut album of Australian band Men at Work, released in December 1981 in Australia and August 1982 in the US. The Australian release of the album included a black and white cover design, whereas overseas releases had the same design but in a yellow and black color scheme.

"Business as Usual" was one of the most successful albums internationally by an Australian group. It spent an unprecedented 15 weeks at #1 on the American album charts from late 1982 to early 1983 and five weeks at #1 in the UK in early 1983. In Australia, it spent nine weeks at the top of the album charts from December 1981 through March 1982.Fact|date=January 2008 "Business as Usual" was one of the most commercially successful albums in the early 1980s, with 6 million copies sold in the US and 15 million sold worldwide.Fact|date=January 2008

The song, "Who Can It Be Now?" was first released as a single in Australia in June 1981, prior to the recording of the rest of the album. The single peaked at #2 on the Australian singles chart in August that year.

Track listing

#"Who Can It Be Now?" (Hay) – 3:25
#"I Can See It in Your Eyes" (Hay) – 3:32
#"Down Under" (Hay, Strykert) – 3:45
#"Underground" (Hay) – 3:07
#"Helpless Automaton" (Ham) – 3:23
#"People Just Love to Play With Words" (Strykert) – 3:33
#"Be Good Johnny" (Ham, Hay) – 3:39
#"Touching the Untouchables" (Hay, Strykert) – 3:41
#"Catch a Star" (Hay) – 3:31
#"Down by the Sea" (Hay, Strykert, Ham, Speiser) – 6:53

Re-Mastered Bonus Tracks

#

  • "Crazy (Non LP B-Side)"
    #"Underground (Live)"
    #"Who Can It Be Now? (Live)"
    #"F-19 (Non LP B-Side)"

    Personnel

    *Russell Deppeler - telephone, calculator.
    *Greg Ham - flute, keyboards, saxophone, background vocals, lead vocals on track 5
    *Colin Hay - guitar, lead vocals
    *Johnathan Rees - bass, background vocals
    *Jerry Speiser - drums, background vocals
    *Ron Strykert - guitar, background vocals, lead vocals on track 11

    Production

    *Producer: Peter McIan
    *Engineers: Jim Barbour, Peter McIan, Paul Ray
    *Cover Illustration: Jon "JD" Dickson

    Charts

    Album

    ingles

    succession box
    before = "American Fool" by John Cougar
    title = "Billboard" 200 number-one album
    years = November 13 1982 – February 25 1983
    after = "Thriller" by Michael Jackson    succession box
    before = "Raiders of the Pop Charts" by Various Artists
    title = UK Albums Chart number-one album
    years = January 29 1983 – March 4 1983
    after = "Thriller" by Michael Jackson    succession box
    before = "Ghost in the Machine" by The Police
    title = Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
    years = December 21 1981 – January 31 1982
    February 15 - March 7 1982
    after = "The Best of Blondie" by Blondie


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