Released June 1991 Length 47:00 Artist James Reyne Producer Simon Hussey Genre Rock music | Recorded 1990-91 "Electric Digger Dandy"
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(1992) Release date June 1991 Label Charisma Records | |
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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.
Contents
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.".
Track listing
- "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
Personnel
Guests
Songs
1Some People4:14
2Slave4:13
3Reckless5:20