It's All a Game

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It's All a Game
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1974 (1974-11)
Recorded Studios 301, Sydney
Genre
Label Warm & Genuine
Producer Jon English
Jon English chronology
Wine Dark Sea
(1973)
It's All a Game
(1974)
Hollywood Seven
(1976)
Singles from It's All a Game
  1. "Turn the Page"
    Released: 1974

It's All a Game is the second studio album by Australian musician, Jon English. The album was released in Australia November 1974. The album produced English's first top twenty single, a cover of Bob Seger's "Turn the Page" which entered the Kent Music chart in February 1975. The song peaked at number 7 in New Zealand. [1]

Contents

Track listing

Vinyl/ Cassette (2907 902)

Side One

  1. "Turn the Page" (Bob Seger) - 4:28
  2. "Just the Way I Am" (Jon English) - 3:25
  3. "He Could Have Been a Dancer" (English) - 5:06
  4. "Love Goes On" (English) - 2:25
  5. "By Firelight" (English) - 2:38
  6. "Space Shanty" (English) - 3:26

Side Two

  1. "Snakeyes" (English) - 5:43
  2. "Chained To The Middle" (English) - 5:45
  3. "Superstar (You Promised Me)" (English) - 4:50
  4. "Hail All Hail to the Revolution (12 Bore)" (English) - 4:36

Weekly charts

Chart (1974)Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart [2] 47

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References

  1. "JON ENGLISH - TURN THE PAGE (SONG)". NZ Charts. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  2. David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992" Archived 2016-03-05 at Archive.today