Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Australian Crawl album)

Between a Rock and a Hard Place was the final studio album from Australian rock band Australian Crawl.[1] It was produced by English producer Adam Kidron (Ian Dury, Cabaret Voltaire, Aztec Camera).[1] The album was initially released by Freestyle Records on vinyl and reached #11 on the ARIA album charts but slipped out of the top 40 two weeks later.[2] The album was subsequently re-released on CD in 1997.

For the expression "between a rock and a hard place", see Scylla and Charybdis.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Studio album by
Australian Crawl
ReleasedAugust 1985
GenreRock
Length43:24
LabelFreestyle, EMI
ProducerAdam Kidron
Australian Crawl chronology
Crawl File
(1984)		 Between a Rock and a Hard Place
(1985)		 The Final Wave
(1986)
Singles from Between a Rock and a Hard Place
  1. "Two Can Play"
    Released: June, 1985
  2. "If This Is Love"
    Released: September, 1985
  3. "Trouble Spot Rock"
    Released: November, 1985
  4. "Two Hearts"
    Released: January, 1986

Disappointed with sales, the band was ready to split but had to go out on tour for the next year to pay off the enormous $400,000 cost of producing the album.[3] After completing their national tour of Australia in January, 1986, the band split up. Australian Crawl released a successful live album, The Final Wave, on the Freestyle Record label, towards the end of October, 1986.

Singles

There were four singles lifted from the album, "Two Can Play"/"Two Can Play" (released June, 1985), "If This Is Love"/"You Told Me" (released September, 1985), "Trouble Spot Rock"/"Newly Weds In The Morning" (released November, 1985) and "Two Hearts"/"Across the Way" (released January, 1986).

All the singles failed to have significant chart success with "Two Can Play" reaching #44 and only remaining in the charts for nine weeks, "If This Is Love" peaking at #87 and remaining for three weeks, whilst "Trouble Spot Rock" reached #69 and stayed in the charts for four weeks.

Track listing

All songs were written by James Reyne, except where otherwise noted.[4]

  1. "Two Can Play" (Simon Hussey, James Reyne) - 3:48
  2. "I'd Do It" - 3:33
  3. "Divers Down" - 3:07
  4. "If This Is Love" - 3:26
  5. "Two Hearts" (Simon Hussey, James Reyne) - 3:55
  6. "Trouble Spot Rock" - 4:46
  7. "You Told Me" (Simon Hussey, James Reyne) - 3:06
  8. "My Day At The Beach" - 3:51
  9. "Always The Way" (Simon Hussey, James Reyne) - 5:37
  10. "Newly Weds In The Morning" - 3:07
  11. "Land Of Hope And Glory" - 5:08

Personnel

Credits:[1]

Australian Crawl
  • James Reyne - guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric), guitar (rhythm), harp, marimba, saxophone, vocals
  • Brad Robinson - synthesizer, clarinet, keyboards
  • Simon Hussey - keyboards, guitar
  • John Watson - drums, marimba, timbales
  • Harry Brus - bass
  • Mark Greig - guitar

Additional musicians
  • John Barrett - saxophone
  • John Courtney - trombone
  • Rahmlee Michael Davis - trumpet
  • Ric Formosa - guitar, brass arrangement
  • Cheryl Freeman - background vocals
  • Michael Harris - trumpet
  • Bill Harrower - saxophone
  • Chelli Jackson - background vocals
  • Keith Johnson - saxophone
  • Don Lock - trombone
  • Peter Martin - saxophone
  • Don Myrick - saxophone (alto)
  • Mick O'Connor - organ (Hammond)
  • Phenix Horns - brass
  • Eddie Rayner - keyboards
  • Pete Salt - trumpet
  • Lui Lui Satterfield - trombone
  • Bob Venier - trumpet
  • Zan - background vocals
  • Allan Zavod - piano

References
  1. Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan; Draper, Oliver; McDonough, Bill. "Australian Crawl". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  2. Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 David Kent (ISBN 0-646-11917-6)
  3. McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original (doc) on 2002-09-08. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
  4. "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 2008-05-05. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
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