First published at 06:52 UTC on May 17th, 2024.
Business as Usual is the debut studio album by Australian new wave band Men at Work, which was released in November 1981 in Australia, and April 1982 in the United States. It spent nine weeks at the top of the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Cha…
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Business as Usual is the debut studio album by Australian new wave band Men at Work, which was released in November 1981 in Australia, and April 1982 in the United States. It spent nine weeks at the top of the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart from December 1981 through to March 1982. The Australian version had a black and white cover design; overseas releases had a similar design, but in a black and yellow colour scheme. Business as Usual was one of the most successful albums internationally by an Australian group. It spent an unprecedented 15 weeks at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 from late 1982 to early 1983; and five weeks at No. 1 in the United Kingdom Albums Chart in early 1983. Business as Usual was also one of the highest selling Australian albums in the early 1980s, with 6 million copies shipped in the US.
Tracklist:
01. Who Can It Be Now? 0:00
02. I Can See It in Your Eyes 3:27
03. Down Under 6:59
04. Underground 10:45
05. Helpless Automaton 13:53
06. People Just Love to Play with Words 17:15
07. Be Good Johnny 20:48
08. Touching the Untouchables 24:28
09. Catch a Star 28:09
10. Down by the Sea 31:41
Men At Work
Colin Hay – guitar (all tracks), lead vocals (tracks 1–4, 6–13)
Greg Ham – flute, keyboards, saxophone, "fiddly things" (attributed in the liner notes) (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 1–4, 6–10, 12–13), lead vocals (tracks 5, 11)
Ron Strykert – guitar, background vocals (all tracks)
John Rees – bass, background vocals
Jerry Speiser – drums, background vocals
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