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[CRAZY-HORSE]

COLD CHISEL "breakfast at sweethearts" cd/vinyl, 1979.

career stats:
studio albums................9
singles.........................27

this album..................#4 AU
singles:
"goodbye Astrid, goodbye"......#65 AU
"breakfast at sweethearts"......#63 AU
"shipping steel"......................no chart action!

Aussie rock, barroom/pub rock, blues rock band from primarily the late 70s-mid 80s....
these guys were the only real rivals AC/DC had on the Aussie charts and AC/DC's only rivals also....
lots of blues rock on here, a ballad or two also...
all with Jimmy Barnes' gravelly raspy husky vocals that spent a lot of time nursing vodka by the bottle!
only two great tracks on this one, the ballad "breakfast at sweethearts" and the rocker "shipping steel"...
both were issued as singles, i'd have thought both would have charted higher than they did, infact, my
favourite o the two didn't even chart as a single!!!!
as a footnote, you never knew what you were going to get when you saw these guys live back in the day,
just like the likes of Oasis and INXS you could get the greatest live gig you ever saw or undoubtably, the worst you eve saw..
I only saw these guys once,they were support act for Roc Stewart on his Aussie tour around 1980, and Cold Chisel were abysmal,
they were staggering round drunk on stage, could barely play their instruments or remember the words to their songs!
all up, a good album, sounds a bit dated now and stuck in the late 1970sbut hey, a lot of albums have their
place and time!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: showtime
best track: shipping steel

[video=youtube;4tnbcuzQB30]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tnbcuzQB30[/video]

tracks:

1...conversations **
2...merry-go-round **
3...Dresden **
4...goodbye Astrid, goodbye **
5...plaza **
6...shipping steel ***
7...im gonna roll ya **
8...showtime *
9...breakfast at sweethearts ***
10.the door *

3s=2
2s=6
1s=2

rating: 2.0