Watch the World (The Little Heroes album)

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Watch the World
Watch the World by Little Heroes.jpg
Studio album by Little Heroes
Released September 1983
Recorded June 1983
Studio Farmyard Studios, English
Genre Rock, pop, new wave
Label EMI Music
Producer Rupert Hine
Little Heroes chronology
Play by Numbers
(1982)
Watch the World
(1983)
Live Bootleg 1980
(2015)
Singles from Watch the World
  1. "Watch the World"
    Released: August 1983
  2. "Bon Voyage"
    Released: November 1983
  3. "Modern Times"
    Released: April 1984

Watch the World is the third and final studio album by Australian rock and pop band Little Heroes. The album was released in September 1983 and peaked at number 50.

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The Little Heroes were an Australian band formed in 1980 by founding mainstay Roger Hart on lead vocals and guitar. They released three studio albums, Little Heroes, Play by Numbers and Watch the World. Their highest charting hit, "One Perfect Day", which was released in 1982, reached No. 12 on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart. Their other charting singles are "Young Hearts" (1982), "Watch the World" and "Bon Voyage". They disbanded in June 1984.

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Reception

A Perth newspaper in 1984 said "Watch the World set the standards for Australian albums last year through its fine production and engineering. The band suddenly found itself being watched by the world as the heroes became more than your average Oz pub band."

Robert Vella said "Watch the World is an album of greater substance and less obvious commercial intent. It's not that the accessibility is missing, it's just that it is more strategically placed." [1]

Track listing

Vinyl/cassette (EMX-114)
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Watch the World"Roger Hart-Wells5:01
2."Bon Voyage"Hart-Wells3:37
3."Modern Times"Hart-Wells, Paul Bell3:53
4."Memories"Hart-Wells3:40
5."Seventh Heaven"Hart-Wells, Paul Brickhill, Anthony Tavasz4:08
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Painting Pictures"Hart-Wells3:55
2."Beating Drums"Hart-Wells3:30
3."Waiting"Hart-Wells,4:14
4."Whose Turn To Cry"Bell, Brickhill, Tavasz3:41
5."Castles in the Air"Hart-Wells4:50

Charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report [2] 50

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References

  1. "The Little Heroes - Play By Numbers". Rock on Vinyl. 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 178. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.