Here's Looking Up Your Address

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Here's Looking Up Your Address
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Studio album by
Released6 April 1990
Recorded1989
StudioParadise Studios, Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney, Australia
Genre Rock
Label RooART
Producer Garry Beers, Sean Kelly
Absent Friends chronology
Here's Looking Up Your Address
(1990)
Networking
(1990)
Singles from Here's Looking Up Your Address
  1. "Hallelujah"
    Released: November 1989
  2. "Hullabaloo"
    Released: February 1990
  3. "I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You"
    Released: April 1990
  4. "Harmony"
    Released: August 1990

Here's Looking Up Your Address is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Absent Friends. It was released in April 1990 and peaked at number 7 on the ARIA Charts and was certified gold.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by S. Kelly except where noted, according to Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). [1]

  1. "Hullabaloo" (S. Kelly, J. Mackay) - 4:17
  2. "Mean Streak" - 3:40
  3. "Sister" - 3:59
  4. "Hallelujah" (12") - 4:41
  5. "Everybody Up" (S. Kelly, J. Mackay) - 4:16
  6. "I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You" (Eddie Floyd) - 4:47
  7. "Come Clean" (S. Kelly, G. Beers) - 4:12
  8. "The Water Is Wide" (Traditional) - 5:10
  9. "Harmony" - 4:38
  10. "I Had a Premonition" - 4:23
  11. "Pomona's Place" - 3:01
  12. "Clemency" (S.Kelly, G. Beers) - 4:26
  13. "Here's Looking Up Your Address" (M. King) - 1:31
  14. "Thank You Goodnight" - 5:05
  15. "Hallelujah" (Choruses) - 3:39

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [2] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] 80

Certification

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [3] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Musicians

Absent Friends

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Production

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References

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