Sons of Beaches

Sons of Beaches
Sons of Beaches
Studio album by Australian Crawl
Released	July 1982
Recorded	March–May 1982
Studio	Sea West, Hawaii and United Western, Hollywood and Music Farm Coorabel Byron Bay Australia
Genre	Rock
Length	47:44
Label	EMI
Producer	Mike Chapman
Australian Crawl chronology
Singles from Sons of Beaches
	"Shut Down"; Released: June 1982; "Daughters of the Northern Coast"; Released: August 1982; "Runaway Girls" / "Santa Claus is Back in Town"; Released: December 1982;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Sons of Beaches is the third studio album from Australian rock band Australian Crawl,^[2] released in July 1982. It became the band's second #1 in the Australian albums charts (for 5 weeks).^[3] The album was recorded in Hawaii with ex-pat Mike Chapman, who had also produced Blondie and The Knack.^[4]

Reception

Cash Box magazine said "Recorded in Hawaii with studio mastermind Mike Chapman, the Aussie sextet can boomerang from brooding songs about 'Daughters of the Northern Coast' to a silly bop tune like 'King Sap (and Princess Sag)' with ease."^[5]

Track listing

"Runaway Girls" (Guy McDonough)
"Daughters of the Northern Coast" (James Reyne, G McDonough)
"Mid-Life Crisis" (Reyne)
"Shut Down" (William "Bill" McDonough)
"King Sap (and Princess Sag)" (Reyne)
"Letter from Zimbabwe" (Reyne)
"Downhearted" (Sean Higgins, G McDonough, W McDonough)
"Live Now, Pay Later" (Reyne)
"Dianne" (G McDonough)
"Grinning Bellhops" (Reyne)
"Waiting" (Brad Robinson, G McDonough)
"(Not So) Happy Song for Problem Children" (Reyne)

Songwriting credits from Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1982)	Peak Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[6]	11

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[7]	Platinum	50,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Credited to:^[2]^[8]

James Reyne – lead vocals, piano
Simon Binks – lead guitar
Guy McDonough – co-lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Bill McDonough – drums, percussion
Paul Williams – bass guitar
Brad Robinson – rhythm guitar
Producer — Mike Chapman

References

^ Allmusic review
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop (doc). Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
^ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 14 August 1982. p. 12. Retrieved 3 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 434. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Platinum and Gold Singles 1982". Kent Music Report. 28 February 1983. Retrieved 10 November 2021 – via Imgur.
^ "MSN entry on Sons of Beaches". MSN. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2008.