Parabrahm (album)

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Parabrahm
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1973
Studio Bill Armstrong's Studio, Melbourne
Genre Pop/Rock
Label Bootleg Records
Producer Brian Cadd
Brian Cadd chronology
Brian Cadd
(1972)
Parabrahm
(1973)
Moonshine
(1974)
Singles from Parabrahm
  1. "Keep on Rockin'"
    Released: October 1973

Parabrahm is the second studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Brian Cadd. It followed the success of his debut self-titled album. It was released in Australia in October 1973 by Bootleg Records and in the United States on Chelsea Records.

Contents

Parabrahm peaked at number 5 in the Australian album charts on 10 November 1973. [1] [2]

At the 1973 Australian Radio Records Awards, the album won Best Male Vocal Album. [3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Brian Cadd . [4]

  1. "Heroes" – 4:18
  2. "Handyman" – 5:04
  3. "Give Me a Present" – 2:41
  4. "Matilda" – 4:36
  5. "Keep on Rockin'" – 4:39
  6. "Sweet Little Country Lady" – 4:13
  7. "Too Young" – 2:50
  8. "Kingston River Travellin' Man" – 3:10
  9. "Riverboat Lady" – 3:35
  10. "Little Old Country Lady" – 2:38

Charts

Chart (1973/74)Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart [5] 6

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References

  1. Cadd, Brian (2010). From This Side of Things (1st ed.). New Holland. p. 292. ISBN   9781742570570.
  2. David Kent (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  3. "Cash Box Magazine" (PDF). Cash Box . 26 October 1974. p. 49. Retrieved 15 November 2021 via World Radio History.
  4. "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA . Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  5. David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992" Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine