Frontline (album)

Frontline
Studio album by Redgum
Released	June 1984
Studio	Richmond Recorders, Melbourne
Genre	Folk, Rock
Length	44:57
Label	Epic
Producer	Trevor Lucas
Redgum chronology
Caught in the Act (1983) Frontline (1984) Anything's Legal, Anything Goes (1984)

Frontline is the fourth studio album by the Australian folk-rock group Redgum. ^[1] It was the last album that John Schumann performed on before he left the group at the end of 1985. ^[2]

Track listing

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I've Been to Bali Too"	John Schumann	3:47
2.	"A.S.I.O."	Michael Atkinson	4:16
3.	"Friday Night"	Atkinson	3:08
4.	"Spirit of the Land"	Hugh McDonald	4:57
5.	"Gladstone Pier"	Atkinson	7:46

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Spark of the Heart"	Atkinson	4:33
2.	"Still Life"	McDonald, Verity Truman	3:44
3.	"Working Girls"	Schumann	4:40
4.	"Beyond Reason"	Schumann	4:41
5.	"Hira (Diamond of the Dawn)"	Stephen Cooney	3:30
Total length:			44:58

Personnel

The Band

• Michael Atkinson – vocals, guitar
• Hugh McDonald – acoustic and electric guitars, violin, vocals
• John Schumann – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Verity Truman – saxophone, flute, vocals
• Stephen Cooney - bass, didgeridoo, guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals
• Brian Czempinski - drums
• Michael Spicer - piano, keyboards

Guests

• Mick O'Connor - Hammond organ
• Michael Harris - violin
• Dobe Newton - lagerphone
• Wilbur Wilde - saxophone
• Bill Harrower - saxophone, alto flute
• Trevor Lucas - guitar
• Greg Sheehan - percussion
• Tim Fetters - trumpet

Technical

• Trevor Lucas - producer
• Tony Buettel - engineer
• Richmond Recorders - recording studio
• Music Farm Studios - mixing studio

Design

• A&L Barnum Graphic Design, CBS Art Studio - artwork
• Ron Bell, The Age - front cover photography
• The Age, Peter Dombrovskis, Greg Noakes - back cover photography
• Stuart Fox - insert photography

Charts

Chart (1984)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	18 [3]

References

1. Redgum discography Album information
2. That Striped Sunlight Sound blog Frontline 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.