Bad Habits (Billy Field album)

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Bad Habits
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Studio album by
Released1981
Genre Jazz, pop, rock
Length31:14
Producer Billy Field, Tom Price
Billy Field chronology
Bad Habits
(1981)
Try Biology
(1982)
Singles from Bad Habits
  1. "Bad Habits"
    Released: April 1981
  2. "You Weren't in Love with Me"
    Released: July 1981

Bad Habits is the debut album released by Australian artist Billy Field in 1981. It spent 2 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts in 1981.

Contents

David Lee Roth recorded a version of Field's "Baby I'm Easy" for his 1986 debut solo album Eat 'Em and Smile and later also the album's title track for his 2003 album "Diamond Dave".

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Bad Habits" – 3:26
  2. "Good Golly Me" – 2:58
  3. "You Weren't in Love with Me" – 3:24
  4. "Baby I'm Easy" – 2:16
  5. "Never Be Blue" – 2:41

Side two

  1. "Since I Found Out" – 3:42
  2. "You'll Call It Love" – 4:25
  3. "Celebrity Lane" – 2:41
  4. "Single Man" – 2:37
  5. "If I Was a Millionaire" – 3:04

Charts

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References

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