| Right First Time | ||||
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| Released | May 1979 (NZ) November 1979 (Australia) | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Big Mouth Records | |||
| Producer | Robert Charles Aickin | |||
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Right First Time is the debut album by New Zealand band Th' Dudes. The New Zealand version was released in May 1979, and the Australian version six months later in November. [1] The single "Be Mine Tonight" is considered one of the greats in New Zealand songwriting.
All tracks are written by Ian Morris, Dave Dobbyn.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Be Mine Tonight" | 6:06 |
| 2. | "Bad Boy Billy" | 3:05 |
| 3. | "Stop Crying" | 4:47 |
| 4. | "Right First Time" | 3:41 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 5. | "That Look In Your Eyes" | 5:12 |
| 6. | "Can't Get Over You (At All)" | 2:04 |
| 7. | "You Don't Have To Go" | 2:24 |
| 8. | "On Sunday" | 4:47 |
| 9. | "There You Are" | 4:25 |
The Australian release of the album had a green-tinted cover. The band were not impressed. [1]
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [2] | 17 |
Sir David Joseph Dobbyn is a New Zealand musician, singer–songwriter and record producer. In his early career he was a member of the rock group Th' Dudes and was the main creative force in pop band DD Smash. Since then he has released the majority of his recordings as a solo performer.
Jennifer Patricia Morris is a New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter. Her first success came with New Zealand band The Crocodiles, who had a top 20 hit single with "Tears". Re-locating to Sydney in February 1981, she was a backing vocalist for various groups and formed a trio, QED, in 1983.
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Th' Dudes are a New Zealand rock band that was formed in the late 1970s in Auckland, New Zealand. Hits include "Walking in Light", "Right First Time", " Be Mine Tonight" and "Bliss".
Ian Gordon Morris was a musician, record producer, recording engineer and songwriter from New Zealand.
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Honeychild is the third solo studio album by New Zealand singer Jenny Morris, released in October 1991 by East West Records. The album went for the same style as Morris's other two albums' acoustic pop, with a hint of dance music, and was produced by Nick Launay, with some songs co-produced by Mark Forrester. The album included a cover version of the song "Tempted" by the English band Squeeze.
QED were an Australian new wave trio, whose lead singer, Jenny Morris, went on to achieve commercial success as a solo artist. The band had a top twenty hit single, "Everywhere I Go", on the Australian Kent Music Report in 1984.
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