The Essential Radio Birdman (1974-1978)

by Radio Birdman

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  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 17 July 2001
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 1:10:30
  • Community rating: 4.04/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Rob Younger, Warwick Gilbert, Deniz Tek, Pip Hoyle, Charles Fisher, John Sayers, Chris Masuak, Ron Keeley

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Chronicles the blazing, incredibly brief original lifespan of the pioneering Sydney punk rock outfit. Heavily indebted to the Detroit proto-punk of The Stooges and the MC5, the band's ferocious, dual-guitar attack fundamentally jumpstarted the Australian independent music scene. This definitive anthology gathers their seminal 'Radios Appear' album alongside crucial early EPs and posthumous releases.

Genres

Descriptors: guitar-driven, high-energy, compilation, riff-heavy, unpolished

Tracklist

  1. Aloha Steve & Danno (3:58)
  2. Murder City Nights (2:23)
  3. New Race (2:43)
  4. Love Kills (3:44)
  5. Descent Into The Maelstrom (4:24)
  6. Burn My Eye '78 (1:35)
  7. I-94 (3:36)
  8. Anglo Girl Desire (3:09)
  9. Hand Of Law (4:46)
  10. Snake (3:07)
  11. Do The Pop (2:34)
  12. Non-Stop Girls (2:42)
  13. What Gives? (2:26)
  14. Man With Golden Helmet (5:38)
  15. Hanging On (3:38)
  16. Crying Sun (2:55)
  17. Smith & Wesson Blues (2:55)
  18. Time To Fall (3:12)
  19. Alone In The Endzone (2:07)
  20. Breaks My Heart - Live (2:53)
  21. More Fun - Live (1:58)
  22. Dark Surprise - Live (3:56)

Credits

  • Warwick Gilbert - bass, written-by
  • Ron Keeley - drums
  • Pip Hoyle - organ, keyboards
  • Chris Jones - written-by
  • Mark Sisto - written-by
  • Morton Stevens - written-by
  • Steve Kambly - written-by

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