The Final Wave

Infobox Album | Name = The Final Wave
Type = live album
Artist = Australian Crawl


Released = October, 1986
Recorded = January 27, 1986
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Freestyle Records / EMI
Producer = John French
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gxftxq9hld0e link]
Last album = "Between A Rock And A Hard Place"
(1985)
This album = "The Final Wave"
(1986)
Next album = "Lost & Found"
(1996)

"The Final Wave" is the second live album released by Australian rock band Australian Crawl. It is a recording of the band's final concert on January 27, 1986. The album reached #16 on the Australian album charts upon it's release.cite book |title=Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 |format=doc |last=Kent |first=David |authorlink= David Kent|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |accessdate=2008-02-19]

The album cover features a copy of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai's best known woodblock print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa. It was first published in 1832 (Edo Period) and is Hokusai's most famous work. It depicts an enormous wave threatening boats near the Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa; Mount Fuji can be seen in the background. The wave is probably not intended to be a tsunami, but a normal ocean wave created by the wind.

Track listing

# "Beautiful People" (James Reyne, Mark Hudson) - 3:37
# "Unpublished Critics" (Reyne, Paul Williams) - 5:46
# "Lakeside" (Reyne) - 4:25
# "Love (Beats Me Up)" (Reyne) - 4:39
# "White Limbo" (Simon Binks)- 3:27
# "Two Can Play" (Simon Hussey, Reyne) - 2:35
# "Errol" (Guy McDonough, Reyne) - 3:18
# "Downhearted" (Sean Higgins, G McDonough, William 'Bill' McDonough) - 4:44
# "Daughters of the Northern Coast" (G McDonough, Reyne) - 3:31
# "The Boys Light Up" (Reyne) - 4:13
# "Indisposed" (Brad Robinson, James Robinson, James Reyne, W McDonough) - 3:04
# "Things Don't Seem" (G McDonough, Higgins) - 3:01
# "Reckless (Don't Be So)" (Reyne) - 5:14
# "(The Last) Louie Louie" (Richard Berry) - 5:17

Songwriting credits from Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).cite web |url=http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworksresult.stm |title=Australasian Performing Right Association |publisher=APRA |accessdate=2008-04-18 ]

Personnel

* Mark Greig - guitar, vocals
* John Watson - drums
* Simon Binks - guitar, vocals
* Harry Brus - bass, vocals
* Brad Robinson - guitars, keyboards
* James Reyne - vocals

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