Screen Memory is the first and only studio album by Australian new wave band MEO 245.[1] The album peaked at No. 69 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart.[2] It was produced by Peter Dawkins (Air Supply, Dragon, Mi-Sex), with Dave Marett as audio engineer, at Studios 301, Sydney.[3] According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, "[the] title was taken from A Critical Dictionary of Psychoanalysis and the record itself was full of English-influenced pop rock."[1] The album provided two singles, "Other Places" (July 1981) and "Jewels (For Your Love)" (October).[1] For Screen Memory MEO 245's line-up was Paul Brickhill on keyboards and vocals; Mark Kellett on bass guitar; Campbell Laird on drum kit; and Paul Northam on vocals and guitar.[3]

Screen Memory
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1981
Recorded1981
StudioStudios 301, Sydney
Genre
Length46:00
LabelMushroom/Festival
ProducerPeter Dawkins
MEO 245 chronology
Screen Memory
(1981)
Rites of Passage
(1982)
Singles from Screen Memory
  1. "Other Places"
    Released: July 1981
  2. "Jewels (For Your Love)"
    Released: October 1981

Track listing

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Side A
(L 37553)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Other Places"Paul Brickhill, Paul Northam3:38
2."Jewels (For Your Love)"Brickhill, Northam3:08
3."Burning Bridges"Campbell Laird, Mark Kellett, Brickhill, Northam3:30
4."Promises"Brickhill, Northam2:47
5."Closing In"Laird, Kellett, Brickhill, Northam3:49
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."White Lies"Brickhill, Northam4:01
2."Will He Ever"Laird, Brickhill, Northam3:03
3."So Far Away"Laird, Kellett, Brickhill, Northam3:25
4."Generator"Laird, Brickhill, Northam, Wilson4:49
5."Wrong World"Laird, Brickhill, Northam, Wilson3:50

Credits

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  • Paul Brickhill – keyboards, vocals
  • Campbell Laird – drums
  • Mark Kellett – bass guitar
  • Paul Northam – guitar, vocals

Charts

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Chart (1981) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[2] 69

References

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  1. ^ a b c McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Broderick Smith'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 13 May 2003.
  2. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  3. ^ a b MEO 245 (1981), Screen Memory, Mushroom Records, retrieved 25 October 2017{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)