Hats Off Step Lively

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Hats Off Step Lively
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Studio album by
Released15 August 1980
Recorded1979−80
Genre Rock, pop, Blues Rock
Label Mushroom
Producer Peter Solley
Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons chronology
Screaming Targets
(1979)
Hats Off Step Lively
(1980)
Dexterity
(1981)
Singles from Hats Off Step Lively
  1. "All I Wanna Do"
    Released: April 1980
  2. "Puppet on a String"
    Released: July 1980
  3. "I Will Return"
    Released: October 1980

Hats Off Step Lively is the fifth studio album by Australian blues/rock band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The album was released in August 1980 and peaked at number 17 on the Australian Kent Music Report, becoming the band's second top twenty album. The band toured the album across Australian throughout August and September 1980. [1]

Contents

The album was released internationally under the title Step Lively in September 1981, with additional recordings and new cover art.

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Puppet on a String"Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin, Tony Faehse3:31
2."Rudie"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse4:33
3."(Don't) Keep It Up" 3:46
4."P.T"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse3:40
5."I Will Return"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse3:19
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."All I Wanna Do"Malcolm Lilley, Cook3:02
2."Don't Go" 3:03
3."Too Hot to Touch"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse2:33
4."No Mystery to Me" 2:48
5."Hand Me Down" 4:35

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report [2] 17

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References

  1. "JO JO ZEP & THE FALCONS STEP LIVELY!". I Like Your Old Stuff. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 156. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.