Air Supply (1976 album)

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Air Supply
Air supply 1976 album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1976
RecordedOctober 1976
StudioAlbert Studio, Sydney
Genre Soft rock, disco
Length42:37
Label CBS Records
Producer Peter Dawkins
Air Supply chronology
Air Supply
(1976)
The Whole Thing's Started
(1977)
Alternate cover
Air Supply 1976 Japan.jpg
Japanese reissue
Side one
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."Feel the Breeze" Russell Hitchcock 3:59
2."I Don't Believe You"Air Supply4:04
3."Empty Pages"Hitchcock4:21
4."What a Life"Jeremy Paul4:39
5."Secret Agent"Graham Russell3:43
Side two
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."The Weight is My Soul"Russell3:29
2."Love and Other Bruises"Hitchcock3:43
3."It's Not Easy"Russell with Hitchcock4:25
4."We Are All Alone"Russell3:17
5."Strangers in Love"Hitchcock3:48
6."Ain't it a Shame"Russell with Hitchcock3:09
Total length:42:37

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1976/77)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) [7] 17

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [8] Gold50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

DateRegionLabelFormatCatalogNotes
1976AustraliaCBSLPSBP 234929 [9]
New Zealand
Canada Columbia PES 90413
1976AustraliaCBS CAS PC 4929
Summit/RainbowSUL 3002
1977AustraliaCBS 2LP SBP 241031Repackaged with The Whole Thing's Started
1980Japan Epic/Sony LP25•3P-232Issued as Strangers in Love, alternate cover [9]
1981AustraliaHarmonyLPHC 15070Love and Other Bruises compilation, includes six tracks from Air Supply
CASTCHC 15070
Summit/RainbowSC 3036
1988AustraliaColumbia/Sony CD463016 2
CBS/Disctronics463016 2Reissue of 1981 compilation, alternate cover [10]
CBSCAS463016 4
1991AustraliaRainbowCDRCD 1118First appearance of full album on CD [11]
1992AustraliaRainbow 2CD 2RCD 111/112Feel the Breeze, includes Air Supply and The Whole Thing's Started [11]
1996KoreaColumbia/SonyCD486553.2Once Upon a Time, includes three tracks from Air Supply
CAS486553.4

See also

References

  1. Air Supply History Archived 21 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 December 2008
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Air Supply'". Whammo Homepage. Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop . St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN   1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 16 August 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
  4. 1 2 3 Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry with notes by Ed Nimmervoll (2002) [1987]. "Air Supply entry". The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN   1-86503-891-1.
  5. Holmgren, Magnus; Thornton, Mary Ann; Padgett, Chris. "Air Supply". Australian Rock Database . Magnus Holmgren. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  6. "Album Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box . 3 December 1977. p. 20. Retrieved 25 November 2021 via World Radio History.
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 13. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  8. "Cashbox Magazine" (PDF). Billboard . 18 June 1977. p. 54. Retrieved 12 November 2021 via World Radio History.
  9. 1 2 "Air Supply History: Chapter 3"
  10. "Air Supply History: Chapter 16"
  11. 1 2 "Air Supply History: Chapter 18"