- pop, pop rock, rock
- 39 min
- 12 tracks
- EMI
The Boys Light Up is the debut album from Australian pub rock band Australian Crawl, which was released in 1980 and contains the title track, "The Boys Light Up", "Indisposed", "Downhearted" and their previously released debut single "Beautiful People". The album reached #4 on the Australian album charts and remained in the charts for an unbroken 101 weeks, eventually selling over 280 000 copies.
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Classical in form, spare, grave and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- rawmeticulous
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Tracks
- 1My Coffee’s Gone Cold3:29
- 2Man Crazy3:40
- 3Way I’ve Been2:18
- 4Chinese Eyes3:02
- 5Downhearted3:09
- 6Beautiful People2:56
- 7Indisposed4:05
- 8Walk My Way2:44
- 9The Boys Light Up4:41
- 10Boot Hill2:36
- 11Red Guitar3:20
- 12Hoochie Gucci Fiorucci Mama2:30
12 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Australian Crawl
- Label
- EMI
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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