Defying Gravity (The Sherbs album)

Defying Gravity
Studio album by The Sherbs
Released 1981 (1981)
Recorded Paradise Studios, Sydney, Australia
Genre Rock, pop
Length 58:01 [1]
Label Festival
Producer Sherbs, Richard Lush
The Sherbs chronology
The Skill
(1980)		 Defying Gravity
(1981)		 Shaping Up
(1982)
Singles from Defying Gravity
  1. "Free the Sailor"
    Released: 1981
  2. "Some People"
    Released: 1982
  3. "We Ride Tonight"
    Released: 1982


Defying Gravity is an album by The Sherbs released in 1981.[2] The album spawned the singles Free the Sailor, Some People and We Ride Tonight. The album was re-released on CD on 23 August, 1999.

Track listing

Australian version

  1. "We Ride Tonight" (Garth Porter, Tony Mitchell, Daryl Braithwaite)
  2. "Free the Sailor" (Porter, Mitchell, Braithwaite, Harvey James, Alan Sandow)
  3. "Steppin' on Ice" (Porter, Mitchell, Braithwaite, James, Sandow)
  4. "Blood on my Hands" (Porter, Mitchell, Braithwaite, James, Sandow)
  5. "We Can Make It" (Porter)
  6. "I'm Alive" (Porter, Mitchell)
  7. "The Danger Zone" (Porter, Mitchell)
  8. "Some People" (Porter, Mitchell, Braithwaite)
  9. "The Escape" (Porter, Mitchell, James)
  10. "I Wanna Lay With You" (Porter, Mitchell)
  11. "Defying Gravity" (Porter)

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."We Ride Tonight"Garth Porter, Tony Mitchell, Daryl Braithwaite4:31
2."Steppin' On Ice"Garth Porter, Tony Mitchell, Daryl Braithwaite, Harvey James, Alan Sandow3:37
3."We Can Make It"Garth Porter6:36
4."I'm Alive"Garth Porter, Tony Mitchell4:08
5."The Danger Zone"Garth Porter, Tony Mitchell4:30
6."Don't Throw It All Away"Garth Porter, Tony Mitchell3:21
Total length:25.63

US CD version

  1. "We Ride Tonight" (Porter, Mitchell, Braithwaite)
  2. "Free the Sailor" (Porter, Mitchell, Braithwaite, James, Sandow)
  3. "Steppin' on Ice" (Porter, Mitchell, Braithwaite, James, Sandow)
  4. "Blood on my Hands" (Porter, Mitchell, Braithwaite, James, Sandow)
  5. "We Can Make It" (Porter)
  6. "I'm Alive" (Porter, Mitchell)
  7. "The Danger Zone" (Porter, Mitchell)
  8. "Some People" (Porter, Mitchell, Braithwaite)
  9. "The Escape" (Porter, Mitchell, James)
  10. "I Wanna Lay With You" (Porter, Mitchell)
  11. "Defying Gravity" (Porter)
  12. "Don't Throw It All Away" (Porter, Mitchell)
  13. "Shaping Up" (Porter, Tony Leigh)
  14. "Tonight Will Last Forever" (Porter, Clive Shakespeare)
  15. "The Party's Over" (Porter)
  16. "Howzat (Live)" (Porter, Mitchell)

Personnel

Production

  • Artwork [Cover] – Alan Ewart
  • Engineers – David Price, Richard Lush
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Neil Rawle
  • Producer – Richard Lush, The Sherbs
  • Remastered By – William Bowden

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog
Australia 1981 Festival[3] LP L 37698
United States 1982 Mini-LP Vinyl SD 38-146
Australia 23 August, 1999 Festival[4] CD D20088
United States 1999 Renaissance Records [5] CD RM ED00170
United States 14 March, 2000 Renaissance CD RMED-00170

References

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