Roaring Days

Roaring Days
Studio album by
Weddings Parties Anything
ReleasedMay 1988
GenreRock / Folk rock
LabelWEA
ProducerAlan Thorne
Weddings Parties Anything chronology
Scorn of the Women
(1987) 		Roaring Days
(1988) 		The Big Don't Argue
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Roaring Days is the second studio album released by Australian rock band Weddings Parties Anything. The title of the album was based on the poem "Roaring Days" by Henry Lawson.[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Mick Thomas, except where noted[3]

  1. "Industrial Town" – 4:06
  2. "Under the Clocks" – 3:29
  3. "Gun" (Dave Steel) – 3:43
  4. "Brunswick" – 2:54
  5. "Tilting at Windmills" – 2:53
  6. "Sergeant Small" (Tex Morton) – 3:13
  7. "Sisters of Mercy" – 4:42
  8. "Roaring Days" – 2:54
  9. "Say the Word" – 3:21
  10. "Missing in Action" – 3:07
  11. "Laughing Boy" (Paul Kelly) – 4:39
  12. "Big River" (Dave Steel) – 4:32
  13. "Summons in the Morning" – 3:17
  14. "Morton (Song for Tex)" – 3:18

Personnel

Weddings Party Anything

  • Pete Lawler – bass guitar, vocals
  • Marcus Schintler – drums, vocals
  • Dave Steel – guitar, vocals
  • Mick Thomas – guitar, vocals
  • Mark Wallace – piano accordion, keyboards, vocals

Additional musicians

  • Michael Barclay – vocals ("Under The Clocks")
  • Barb Waters – vocals (Tilting At Windmills")
  • Anthony Morgan – cello ("Sisters Of Mercy")
  • Dave Docker – trumpet ("Missing In Action")
  • Mick O'Connor – hammond organ ("Tilting At Windmills")
  • Ian McKenzie – tin whistle ("Laughing Boy")
  • Jason McDermid – brass ("Industrial Town")
  • James Greening – brass ("Industrial Town")
  • David Basden – brass ("Industrial Town")

Charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 46

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Johnston, Chris (18 December 2006). "Mick Thomas and the Sure Thing". The Age.
  3. ^ APRA database at the Australasian Performing Right Association website (search each song title)
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 334. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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