Better Times (album)

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Better Times
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Studio album by
The Black Sorrows
Released18 September 1992 (1992-09-18)
Recorded1991−92
StudioMetropolis Audio
Genre
Label CBS Records
Producer Joe Camilleri
The Black Sorrows chronology
Harley and Rose
(1990)		Better Times
(1992)		 The Chosen Ones - Greatest Hits
(1993)
Singles from Better Times
  1. "Ain't Love the Strangest Thing"
    Released: July 1992
  2. "Better Times"
    Released: November 1992
  3. "Come On, Come On"
    Released: February 1993
  4. "Sweet Inspiration"
    Released: July 1993

Better Times is the seventh studio album by Australian rock band The Black Sorrows. The album was released in September 1992 and peaked at number 13 on the ARIA Charts, becoming the band's third consecutive top twenty album.

The Black Sorrows are an Australian blues rock band formed in 1983 by mainstay vocalist Joe Camilleri, who also plays saxophone and guitar. Camilleri has used various line-ups to record 17 albums, with five reaching the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Charts: Hold on to Me, Harley and Rose, Better Times, The Chosen Ones - Greatest Hits and Lucky Charm. Their top 40 singles are "Chained to the Wheel", "Harley + Rose" and "Snake Skin Shoes".

ARIA Charts main Australian music sales charts

The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report which had been Australia's national charts since 1974.

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In March 1993, the album was re-released with The Revelators' Amazing Stories . Upon re-release, the album peaked at number 14 on the ARIA Chart. [1]

The Revelators are an Australian blues rock band formed in 1989 by Joe Camilleri, James Black, Joe Creighton and Peter Luscome. Jeff Burstin joined in 1990. In Camilleri's own words, their desire was to "blow out the serious days' work with people who shared the same interest in music and who simply wanted to play it".

<i>Amazing Stories</i> (album) 1991 studio album by The Revelators

Amazing Stories is the debut studio album by Australian blues-rock band The Revelators. The album was released in 1991 and consisted of cover versions of soul and blues songs. The album was re-released in March 1993 as a 2CD pack with The Black Sorrows' Better Times and peaked at number 14 on the ARIA Chart. The album was re-released in 2002 with two additional tracks from the original sessions that were not included on the first pressing, Those being "Honest I Do" and "Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down"

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993, the album earned The Black Sorrows a nomination for ARIA Award for Best Group, losing to "Weather with You" by Crowded House. Joe Camilleri was nominated for Producer of the Year for his work on this album, but lost to Simon Hussey. Pascoe & Gray Design and Eryk Photography were nominated for Best Cover Art for their work on Better Times, but lost to Paul McNeil and Richard All. [2]

The Seventh Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards was held on 14 April 1993 at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney. Host, Richard Wilkins, was assisted by presenters, James Reyne, Elle Macpherson, Billy Birmingham, Tim Finn, Neil Finn and Daryl Somers to distribute 24 awards. There were live performances and the awards were televised.

The ARIA Music Award for Best Group, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", since 1987. It is handed out by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry." The award is given to an Australian group comprising two or more members for an album or single release. The accolade is voted for by a judging academy which comprises 1000 members from different areas of the music industry.

Weather with You 1992 single by Crowded House

"Weather with You" is a song by rock band Crowded House. It was the third and most successful single released from the group's third studio album Woodface (1991), reaching top 50 in ten countries, including the United Kingdom, where it reached number seven. The song was intended to be part of the Finn Brothers' unreleased 1990 debut, but after Capitol Records found the recordings, they were merged with a Crowded House session to become Woodface.

Track listing

CD (CBS – 472149 2)
  1. "Better Times" (Joe Camilleri, Laurie Polec)
  2. "Come On, Come On" (Joe Camilleri, Laurie Polec)
  3. "Ain't Love the Strangest Thing" (Joe Camilleri, Laurie Polec)
  4. "A Night Like This" (Joe Camilleri, Laurie Polec)
  5. "Too Long Gone" (Joe Camilleri, Laurie Polec)
  6. "Stella" (Joe Camilleri, Laurie Polec)
  7. "Steps of Time" (Joe Camilleri)
  8. "Bitter Cup" (Joe Camilleri, Laurie Polec)
  9. "Sweet Inspiration" (Joe Camilleri, Laurie Polec)
  10. "Storm Wind" (Joe Camilleri, Laurie Polec)
  11. "Resurrection" (Joe Camilleri, Laurie Polec)

Weekly charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] 13

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References

  1. ↑ "THE BLACK SORROWS - BETTER TIMES / AMAZING STORIES (ALBUM)". Australian Charts. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Winners by Year 1993". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – The Black Sorrows – Better Times". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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