Brian Cadd (album)

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Brian Cadd
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1972
Studio Bill Armstrong's Studio, Melbourne
Genre Rock, pop
Label Bootleg Records
Producer Brian Cadd, John Sayers
Brian Cadd chronology
Brian Cadd
(1972)
Parabrahm
(1973)
Brian Cadd albums chronology
Yesterdaydreams
(1978)
Best of Brian Cadd
(1979)
No Stone Unturned
(1985)
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Best of Brian Cadd (1979)

Brian Cadd is the debut self-titled album by Australian musician Brian Cadd. It was released on the Bootleg Records label in 1972 and peaked at number 3 for three weeks on the Australian Go-Set chart. [1] [2] It contained the hit single "Ginger Man".

Contents

At the Federation of Australia Commercial Broadcasters awards of 1972, the album won 'Best Male Vocal Album' and 'Best Produced Album'.[ citation needed ]

The album was re-released in 1979 by Summit Records until the title Best of Brian Cadd.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Brian Cadd

Side A

  1. "Fairweather Friend" - 3:12
  2. "Tell the World to Go Away" - 6:03
  3. "Where the Music's Playing" - 4:12
  4. "Josie McGinty" - 2:11
  5. "Tell Me About Freedom Again" - 5:03

Side B

  1. "Ginger Man" - 4:00
  2. "Pappy's Got the Blues" - 4:00
  3. "Silver City Birthday Celebration Day" - 3:59
  4. "Suite for Life" - 5:20
  5. "Every Mother's Son" (bonus track) - 3:47

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1972/73)Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart [3] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1973)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] 22

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References

  1. Cadd, Brian (2010). From This Side of Things (1st ed.). New Holland. p. 292. ISBN   9781742570570.
  2. David Kent (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  3. David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992" Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 425. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.