Tales of the City (album)

Studio album by Rockmelons

Released

May 1988

Robin Smith

Rockmelons chronology

Tales of the City
(1988)

Form 1 Planet
(1992)

Singles from Tales of the City

"Rhymes"
Released: July 1987
"New Groove"
Released: December 1987
"What's It Gonna Be"
Released: February 1988
"Thief"
Released: July 1988
"Jump"
Released: October 1988

Tales of the City is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Rockmelons. It was released in May 1988 on True Tone Records and peaked at number six on the Australian album charts.^[1]^[2] The band shared the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Award for 'Best Debut Album' in 1988 with 1927's album ...ish.^[3]

It was re-issued in 1992 by Mushroom Records.

Track listing

All songs written by R. Medhurst, B. Jones, J. Jones, R. Smith except where noted, according to Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA).^[4]

"New Groove" - 4:39
"What's It Gonna Be?" - 4:46
"Jump" - 2:31
"Thief" (R. Medhurst, J. Jones, B. Jones) - 3:21
"Dreams in the Empty City" (R. Medhurst, J. Jones, B. Jones) - 3:45
"Get Back on the Groove" - 4:56
"Rhymes" (A. Green, M. Hodges) - 4:43
"Boogietron" (J. Jones, B. Jones) - 4:22
"Money Talks" - 3:59

Chart positions

Weekly chart positions

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[5]	14

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)	Position
Australian Albums Chart^[6]	31
Australian Artist Albums Chart	14

Personnel

Credited to:^[7]

Rockmelons

Raymond Medhurst - keyboards
Byron Jones - keyboards, bass guitar, vocals
Jonathon Jones - keyboards, guitar, drums
John Kenny - vocals
Mary Azzopardi - vocals
Wendy Matthews - vocals

Recording details

Producer - Robin Smith
Engineer - Barry Rudolph

References

↑ 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.
↑ Maree Hamblion. "Profile on Rockmelons". EMI Music Publishing Australia. Archived from the original on 2007-09-19. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
↑ "ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
↑ "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Retrieved 2009-02-12. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. NEW GROOVE
↑ "Australiancharts.com – The Rockmelons – Tales of the City". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
↑ "End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 50 albums - 1988". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
↑ "Tales of the City album credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-02-17.

Rockmelons

Raymond Medhurst, Bryon Jones, Jonathon Jones

Studio albums	Tales of the City (1988) Form 1 Planet (1992) Rockies 3 (2002)

Compilations	Serious Fun – Tales Of The Rockmelons (1985-2002) (2015)

Singles	"Ain't No Sunshine" "That Word (L.O.V.E.)" "It's Not Over"

Related articles	ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist – Album Peter Blakeley GANGgajang Deni Hines Wendy Matthews Jeremy Gregory Roxane LeBrasse True Tone Records (Australian label) Mushroom Records Festival Records

ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist

Album	...Ish by 1927 (1989) Tales of the City by Rockmelons (1989) Matchbook by Ian Moss (1990) Safety in Numbers by Margaret Urlich (1991) Baby Animals by Baby Animals (1992) Marvin the Album by Frente! (1993) Get on Board by The Badloves (1994) Frogstomp by Silverchair (1995) Tu-Plang by Regurgitator (1996) Savage Garden by Savage Garden (1997) Left of the Middle by Natalie Imbruglia (1998) The Living End by The Living End (1999) Reflector by Killing Heidi (2000) Since I Left You by The Avalanches (2001) Polyserena by George (2002) Innocent Eyes by Delta Goodrem (2003) Get Born by Jet (2004) The Sound of White by Missy Higgins (2005) Wolfmother by Wolfmother (2006) Sneaky Sound System by Sneaky Sound System (2007) Lessons to Be Learned by Gabriella Cilmi (2008) Ladyhawke by Ladyhawke (2009) Moonfire by Boy & Bear (2011)

Single	"That's When I Think of You" by 1927 (1989) "Tucker's Daughter" by Ian Moss (1990) "Token Angels" by Wendy Matthews (1991) "Early Warning" by Baby Animals (1992) "Ordinary Angels" by Frente! (1993) "Lost" by The Badloves (1994) "Tomorrow" by Silverchair (1995) "It's Alright" by Deni Hines (1996) "Shut My Eyes" / "Eight Step Rail" by The Superjesus (1997) "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia (1998) "Lucky Star" by Alex Lloyd (1999) "Get Set" by Taxiride (1999) "Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue (2000) "Frontier Psychiatrist" by The Avalanches (2001) "Get Free" by The Vines (2002) "Born to Try" by Delta Goodrem (2003) "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet (2004) "O Yeah" by End of Fashion (2005) "Forever Young" by Youth Group (2006) "Just a Song About Ping Pong" by Operator Please (2007) "Sweet About Me" by Gabriella Cilmi (2008) "My Delirium" by Ladyhawke (2009) "Feeding Line" by Boy & Bear (2011)

Release	I Believe You Liar by Megan Washington (2010) Falling & Flying by 360 (2012) Flume by Flume (2013) The New Classic by Iggy Azalea (2014) Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett (2015)

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