Beat Club is the ninth studio album by Australian rock band The Black Sorrows. The album was released in November 1998. Australian music journalist, Ian McFarlane described it as containing "R&B-tinged jazz and blues tunes" [1]
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| Released | 5 November 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Studio | Woodstock Studios, Melbourne | |||
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| Label | Mushroom | |||
| Producer | Joe Camilleri, James Black, Kerryn Tolhurst | |||
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| Singles from Beat Club | ||||
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At the ARIA Music Awards of 1999, Beat Club was nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album, losing to Messenger by Jimmy Little.[2]
In 1998, The Black Sorrows were Joe Camilleri, James Black, Tony Floyd, Stephen Hadley, Joe Creighton and Nick Haywood. They were joined on the album by numerous special guests: Renee Geyer, Sam Keevers, James Sherlock, Rick Formosa, Phil Burston, Stuart Fraser, Ian Chaplin, Ed Bates, Peter Luscombe, Kerryn Tolhurst, Robert Burke, Strings of the Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra, Anthony 'Tok' Norris, Paul Williamson, Nick Smith, Wayne Burt and Michael Barker.[3]
Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| The Sydney Morning Herald |   |
The Bulletin called the album "His best The Black Sorrows album in a decade!" Rip It Up in Adelaide said: "Beat Club is one of the great Black Sorrows records and also one of the best Australian releases this year". Rave from Brisbane said; "The best thing Joe has done in his long and distinguished career". Time Off Brisbane said: "Hats off to Joe Camilleri. Who would have thought that at this stage of The Black Sorrows' career Joe would have come up with an album to just about rival the definitive Hold On To Me. Beat Club is a triumph!"[4][5][6]
Track listing
edit- CD track listing (MUSH33167.2)[7]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "New Craze" |
| 4:44 |
| 2. | "Here She Comes" |
| 4:16 |
| 3. | "Fool Notion" |
| 5:27 |
| 4. | "98 Degrees" |
| 3:27 |
| 5. | "Crazy 'bout the Way You Move" |
| 4:41 |
| 6. | "Soul Free" |
| 3:54 |
| 7. | "When You Say My Name" |
| 5:05 |
| 8. | "Walkin' Like a Drownin' Man" |
| 3:46 |
| 9. | "Who Do You Think You're Foolin'?" | 3:13 | |
| 10. | "Poor Boy Blues" |
| 3:48 |
| 11. | "That's What I Get for Lovin' You" |
| 4:04 |
| 12. | "Favourite Son" |
| 3:57 |
| 13. | "You Can't Wear Another Man's Hat" | 4:16 |
References
edit- ^ McFarlane. "'The Black Sorrows' entry". Archived from the original on 20 April 2004. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ^ "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1999". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- ^ "Beat Club by The Black Sorrows". Head Records. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "Press Reviews". Joe Camilleri. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "Beat Club by The Black Sorrows". Head Records. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "The Black Sorrows reviews". The Black Sorrows. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ Beat Club (CD). The Black Sorrows. Mushroom Records. 1998.
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