Smash Palace (EP)

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Smash Palace
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EP by
Released1982
RecordedMarmalade Studios, Wellington, New Zealand
Studios 301, Sydney, Australia
Genre Pop, pop rock
Length20:58
Label CBS Records
Producer Steve Robinson
Sharon O'Neill chronology
Maybe
(1981)
Smash Palace
(1982)
Foreign Affairs
(1983)

Smash Palace is the first extended play [1] by New Zealand singer and songwriter Sharon O'Neill. The EP is a soundtrack to the 1982 Roger Donaldson film, Smash Palace . [2]

This vinyl only EP has become a very sought after item by collectors of her music. [3]

The recording won "Best Film Soundtrack/Cast Recording/Compilation" at the 1983 New Zealand Music Awards.

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Smash Palace"Sharon O'Neill4:40
2."Jacqui's Theme/Hold On Love"Sharon O'Neill5:32
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Say I'm Crazy"Sharon O'Neill2:33
2."White Lines"Sharon O'Neill3:55
3."If It Was Love"Sharon O'Neill4:18

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References

  1. "SHARON O'NEILL INTERVIEWED (2014): Surviving in the fires of fame". Else Where. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. "Sharon O'Neill's Smash Palace". Discogs. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. "Sharon O'Neill". Sergent. Retrieved 9 March 2017.