Electric Digger Dandy
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| Studio album by James Reyne | ||||||||||
| Released | June 1991 | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1990-91 | |||||||||
| Genre | Rock music | |||||||||
| Length | 47:00 | |||||||||
| Label |
Free City Music/ Virgin Records (Australia) Charisma (US) | |||||||||
| Producer | Simon Hussey | |||||||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Electric Digger Dandy is the third solo studio album by Australian singer/songwriter James Reyne released in June 1991. The album was released in America as Any Day Above Ground. The album peaked at number 3 on the ARIA Charts, which remains Reyne's highest charting album. [2]
The album saw Reyne's return to a more electric sound. It features the singles "Slave", "Any Day Above Ground" and "Some People", as well as a new, acoustic rendition of the Australian Crawl song "Reckless."
Review
Tomas Mureika of All Music said on "Electric Digger Dandy Reyne expands his musical boundaries with collaborations with Jim Vallance and Tony Joe White. The result is an invigorated Reyne, who seems to be having a great time winding his voice around gorgeous melodies and intense rants alike. Despite its nutty had-to-be-changed-for-America title, Digger Dandy finds a more introspective experimental Reyne, one content to play the music at a lower level and let his words and stiletto voice speak for itself.".[3]
Track listing
- CD/Vinyl (VOZCD2050 / 91785-2)
- "Some People" (J. Reyne, J. Vallance) - 4:13
- "Slave" (J. Reyne, J. Vallance) - 4:13
- "Reckless" (J. Reyne) - 5:19
- "Any Day Above Ground" (J. Reyne) - 3:38
- "Take a Giant Step" (J. Reyne, S. Hussey) - 5:10
- "Company of Strangers" (J. Reyne, S. Hussey) - 4:05
- "Black and Blue World" (J. Reyne, B. Goldsmith) - 4:06
- "Stood Up" (J. Hiatt) - 4:52
- "Outback Woman" (J. Reyne, T. J. White) - 3:38
- "Water, Water" (J. Reyne) - 5:40
- "Lay Your Weary Head Down" (J. Reyne) - 2:34
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] | 3 |
Personnel
- James Reyne - Vocals, guitar
- Jef Scott - Guitars, bass, vocals
- Simon Hussey - Keyboards, producer
- John Watson - Drums
Guests
- Mick O'Connor - Hammond Organ
- Renee Geyer - Backing Vocals
- Gene Black - Guitar
- C. J. Vanston - Keyboards
- Scott Griffiths - Piano, Hammon ORgan, Keyboards
- Steve Housden - Guitar solo on "Slave"
- Richard Pleasance - Mandolin
- Brett Kingman - Electric Guitar
- Mark Goldenberg - guitars, keyboards
- Kenny Aronoff - Drums, percussion
- Jimmie Wood - Harmonica
- Eric Lowen - backing vocals, acoustic guitar
- Dan Navarro - backing vocals, acoustic guitar
- Tony Joe White - electric guitar, harmonica, bass, drums
- John Pierce - bass
- Byron Berline - fiddle
- Jim McMains - backing vocals
References
- ↑ ""Electric Digger Dandy" by James Reyne". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ↑ "JAMES REYNE - ELECTRIC DIGGER DANDY (ALBUM)". www.australian-charts.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ↑ "Any Day About Ground by James Reyne review". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ↑ "Australiancharts.com – James Reyne – Electric Digger Dandy". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 11 2016.