All Souls Alive

Infobox Album
Name = All Souls Alive
Type = Album
Artist = The Blackeyed Susans


Released = flagicon|Australia December, 1993
flagicon|US April 29, 1994
flagicon|Europe July, 1994
Recorded = Fortissimo Studios, Melbourne
July, 1993
Genre = Rock / Folk rock
Length = 43:30
Label = flagicon|Australia Torn and Frayed Records/Shock Records
flagicon|US Frontier Records
Producer = Phil Kakulas
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kifixqrhldae link]
Last album = "Welcome Stranger"
(1992)
This album = "All Souls Alive"
(1993)
Next album = "Mouth To Mouth"
(1995)

"All Souls Alive" is the second studio album by The Blackeyed Susans, released in December, 1993 on the independent record label, Torn and Frayed and distributed by Shock Records. [cite web |url=http://www.amo.org.au/release.asp?id=388 |title=All Souls Alive |publisher=Australian Music Online |accessdate=2008-05-01] [cite web |url=http://www.air.org.au/members_cat/web_main_right.php?tab=logic&search_string |title=AIR database : Blackeyed Susans |publisher=Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) |accessdate=2008-05-01]

The album features ten tracks, eight penned by Phil Kakulas and David McCombcite web |title=Australasian Performing Right Association |accessdate=2008-05-01 |publisher=APRA |url=http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y ] , as well as the Leonard Cohen/Phil Spector classic "Memories" and a version of the Johnny Paycheck song "Apartment No 9".

"All Souls Alive" was released in America on Frontier Records in April, 1994. [cite web |url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/b/blackeyedsusans.html |title=Blackeyed Susans Discography |publisher=Australian Rock Database |accessdate=2008-05-01] The album was also released in the UK, Greece, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Holland, Italy and Sweden in July, 1994. The album got great reviews in the UK press and airplay on Radio One. [cite web |url=http://www.mushroommusic.com.au/songwriters/songwriter.asp?id=41 |title=Songwriters: Blackeyed Susans, The |publisher=Mushroom Music |accessdate=2008-05-01]

Two singles lifted off the album were released in Australia in July, 1994, being "Dirty Water" and "This One Eats Souls".

Track listing

All written tracks by Phil Kakulas and David McComb unless otherwise indicated. ]
# A Curse On You (Phil Kakulas, David McComb, Graham Lee) ] – 3:34
# We Could’ve Been Someone – 4:21
# Every Gentle Soul (David McComb, Will Akers) ] – 3:31
# Memories (Leonard Cohen, Phil Spector) ] – 6:01
# Sheets Of Rain (Phil Kakulas) ] – 3:30
# Reveal Yourself – 4:15
# I Can See Now – 3:58
# Apartment No. 9 (Johnny Paycheck, R. Austin) ] – 2:52
# Dirty Water (Phil Kakulas, P. Van Zalm) ] – 4:48
# This One Eats Souls – 6:33

Personnel

* Rob Snarski – vocals, backing vocals, tambourine, acoustic guitar, guiro
* Phil Kakulas – double bass, electric bass, fuzz bass, piano, towbar, jingle bells, cabosa, cymbals, backing vocals, sound effects, TV
* Graham Lee – pedal steel, lap steel, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, autoharp, backing vocals, heavy breathing
* Warren Ellis – violin, Korg organ, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, cheesy organ, accordion, piano, harpsichord
* David McComb – vocals (on "Memories"), electric guitar, cheesy organ
* Jim White – drums
* Marko Halstead – mandolin, backing vocals
* Andy Parsons – Grampian Ambiophonic Unit Type 666, harpsichord
* Metronome – metronome

References