Calm Before the Storm (Jon English album)

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Calm Before the Storm
Calm Before the Storm by Jon English.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1980 (1980-04)
Genre Pop rock
Label Mercury Records
Producer Bruce Brown, Russell Dunlop
Jon English chronology
English History
(1979)
Calm Before the Storm
(1980)
In Roads
(1981)
Singles from Calm Before the Storm
  1. "Hot Town"
    Released: October 1979
  2. "Carmilla"
    Released: March 1980
  3. "Hold Back The Night"
    Released: January 1981

Calm Before the Storm is the sixth studio album by the Australian musician, Jon English, and his first under the Mercury Records label. The album was released in Australia in April 1980 and peaked at number 17 on the Kent Music Report in March 1983. [1]

Jon English singer, songwriter, musician and actor

Jonathan James "Jon" English was an English-born Australian singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He emigrated from England to Australia with his parents in 1961. He was an early vocalist and rhythm guitarist for Sebastian Hardie but left to take on the role of Judas Iscariot in the Australian version of the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar from May 1972, which was broadcast on television. English was also a noted solo singer; his Australian top twenty hit singles include "Turn the Page", "Hollywood Seven", "Words are Not Enough", "Six Ribbons" and "Hot Town".

Mercury Records record label

Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. In the US, it operates through Island Records; in the UK, it is distributed by Virgin EMI Records.

Australia Country in Oceania

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. The population of 26 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.

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Two singles were released from the album: "Hot Town" which peaked at No. 11 on the Kent Music chart, and "Carmilla", which peaked at No. 27.

Hot Town (Jon English song) 1979 song performed by Jon English

"Hot Town" is a song by Australian musician Jon English. The song was released in October 1979 as the first single from his sixth studio album, Calm Before the Storm.

Kent Music Report Australian music chart between 1974-1998

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1988. After 1988, the Australian Recording Industry Association, which had been using the report under licence for a number of years, chose to produce their own listing as the ARIA Charts.

The international version had a slightly altered track-listing and included the track "Hold Back the Night" which was released as a single in 1981.

Track listing

Vinyl/ Cassette (6357 067)

Side One

  1. "Survivor" (English) - 3:31
  2. "Save Me" (Garry Paige, Mark Punch) - 3:15
  3. "Carmilla" (English) - 3:47
  4. "Down in Frisco" (Mike Wade) - 3:12
  5. "Hot Town" (Graeme Connors, Wade) - 3:43

Side Two

  1. "Little By Little" (Tony Naylor) - 4:22
  2. "Feel Like Dancing" (Wade, Naylor) - 3:22
  3. "Sad News" (Wade) - 3:34
  4. "Split" (Naylor) - 3:41
  5. "Hope it Turns Out Right" (Connors, Wade) - 4:23

Weekly charts

Chart (1980-83)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)17
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [2] 9
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [3] 6

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