Caught in the Act (Redgum album)

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Caught in the Act
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Live album by
ReleasedMay 1983
RecordedRose, Shamrock, and Thistle, Sydney, New South Wales
Genre Australian folk, Australian rock
Length70:28
Label Epic
Producer Trevor Lucas
Redgum chronology
Cut to the Quick
(1982)
Caught in the Act
(1983)
Frontline
(1984)

Caught in the Act is the first live album by Australian folk group Redgum, released in May 1983 on Epic Records. [1] The title is taken from the sixth track, which was also featured on Brown Rice and Kerosine .

Contents

It features "I Was Only Nineteen", which was a number one hit in Australia. [2]

Track listing

Side A
  1. "Beaumont Rag (Redgum) - 10:19
  2. "The Last Frontier" (John Schumann) - 4:10
  3. "Brown Rice & Kerosine" (M. Atkinson) - 3:23
  4. "Nuclear Cop" (Redgum) - 3:43
  5. "I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green)" (John Schumann) - 4:58
Side B
  1. "Fabulon" (Byrne, Redgum, Tradational) - 2:30
  2. "The Diamantina Drover" (Hugh McDonald) - 5:25
  3. "Where Ya Gonna Run to" (John Schumann) - 3:59
  4. "It Doesn't Matter to Me" (Schumann, Atkinson) - 5:19
  5. "Long Run" (John Schumann) - 3:23
  6. "Poor Ned" (Trevor Lucas) - 3:43
  7. "Raggin'" (Hicks, Atkinson) - 2:20

Bonus Single

Side C
  1. "Caught in the Act" (Redgum) - 9:15
Side D
  1. "Stewie" (John Schumann) - 4:56
  2. "Lear Jets Over Kulgera" (M Atkinson) - 3:06

The last three tracks were originally included as a bonus 7-inch EP with early copies of the album. They were also placed between "I Was Only 19" and "Fabulon" on cassette and CD versions of the album, and appear thusly on the 2016 double LP reissue.

Charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)5 [3]

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [4] Gold20,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. Redgum discography Album information Archived 2009-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. That Striped Sunlight Sound blog Caught in the Act review
  3. David Kent (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. p. 248. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  4. "Jackson Leads Int'I Certifications For CBS" (PDF). Cash Box . 2 July 1983. p. 34. Retrieved 10 November 2021 via World Radio History.