This Island (Eurogliders album)

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This Island
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Studio album by
Eurogliders
Released7 May 1984 (1984-05-07) (Australia)
1 June 1984 (1984-06-01) (UK)
RecordedMarch, July–December 1983
Genre
Length42:58
Label CBS
Producer
Eurogliders chronology
Pink Suit Blue Day
(1982)		This Island
(1984)		 Absolutely
(1985)
Singles from This Island
  1. "No Action"
    Released: May 1983
  2. "Another Day in the Big World"
    Released: December 1983
  3. "Heaven (Must Be There)"
    Released: May 1984
  4. "Maybe Only I Dream"
    Released: August 1984
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This Island is the second studio album by Australian pop band Eurogliders, released on 7 May 1984 by CBS Records. [2] [3]

Contents

The album had a lengthy recording process. Eurogliders changed record labels from PolyGram to CBS in 1983, and recorded the track "No Action" with producer Mark Opitz; it was released as a single in 1983 and peaked at No. 97. [2] The band then replaced bassist Geoff Rosenberg (who had not played on "No Action") with Scott Saunders, and travelled to the UK in July. [2] While there, they replaced Saunders with bassist Ron François, formerly of the Teardrop Explodes and Lene Lovich. [2] [3] With this line-up they recorded the rest of This Island, produced by Nigel Gray (who had also worked with the Police).

By the end of the year, the album recording was complete, but was still not ready for release. Mark Moffatt was brought in to remix six album tracks; meanwhile, the single "Another Day in the Big World" was issued in December 1983. It peaked at No. 66 in Australia.

The album was eventually released in May 1984 and peaked at No. 4 on the Australian Albums Chart. [4] The single, "Heaven (Must Be There)", reached No. 2 on the Australian singles charts, [4] and No. 65 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 21 on its Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. [5] [6] The album peaked at No. 140 on the Billboard 200 chart. [7] [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bernie Lynch [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] .

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Heaven (Must Be There)"3:43
2."Someone"3:38
3."No Action"3:25
4."Never Say"3:35
5."Maybe Only I Dream"3:17
6."Cold Comfort"3:35
Side two
No.TitleLength
7."Another Day in the Big World"3:02
8."Keep it Quiet"2:52
9."Nothing to Say"3:42
10."Judy's World"3:53
11."Waiting for You"4:25
12."It's the Way"3:33
Total length:42:58

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the This Island liner notes. [20]

Eurogliders

Additional musicians

Production and artwork

Charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
Australia Kent Music Report Album Chart [4] 4

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [21] Platinum70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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  12. ↑ ""Never Say" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  13. ↑ ""Maybe Only I Dream" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  14. ↑ ""Cold Comfort" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  15. ↑ ""Another Day in the Big World" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 June 2009.
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  17. ↑ ""Nothing to Say" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  18. ↑ ""Judy's World" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  19. ↑ ""It's the Way" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 June 2009.
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