Noiseworks (album)

Noiseworks
Studio album by Noiseworks
Released 20 July 1987
Genre Rock
Label CBS
Producer Mark Opitz
Noiseworks chronology
Noiseworks
(1987)		 Touch
(1988)Touch1988
Singles from Noiseworks
  1. "No Lies"
    Released: 1986
  2. "Take Me Back"
    Released: 1987
  3. "Love Somebody"
    Released: July 1987
  4. "Welcome to the World"
    Released: November 1987
  5. "Burning Feeling"
    Released: February 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Noiseworks is the debut album by Australian rock band, Noiseworks. It was released by CBS Records on 20 July 1987. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart,[2] with the introduction of the ARIA Album Charts in the beginning of 1988, the album was still in the charts at No. 37.[3] [2] Noiseworks sold more than 210,000 copies (3× platinum) in Australia.[4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Burning Feeling"Jon Stevens, Stuart Fraser[5]3:56
2."Love Somebody"Stevens, Fraser[5]4:24
3."Take Me Back"Stevens, Brent Thomas[6]3:27
4."No Lies"Stevens, Thomas[5]3:54
5."River of Tears"Stevens, Fraser, Justin Stanley[5]5:17
6."Welcome to the World"Stevens, Fraser, Stanley, Steve Balbi, Kevin Nicol[5]5:08
7."Edge of Darkness"Stevens, Fraser, Stanley[5]3:45
8."Little Bit More"Stevens, Thomas[5]3:19
9."Only Loving You"Steve Balbi[5]4:02
10."It's Time"Stevens, Balbi, Stanley, K. O'Reilly[5]4:51

Charts

Chart (1987-88) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) 2[3]
scope="row"New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7] 31
scope="row"Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 43

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[4] 3× Platinum 210,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Personnel

Credits

  • Mastering - Leon Zervos
  • Engineer - Alan Wright
  • Assistant Engineers - Heidi Cannavo, John Darwish, Mark Roberts, Paul Kosky, Paula Jones
  • Photography - Gary Heery
  • Produced - Mark Opitz

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  3. 1 2 "Discography Noiseworks". Australian charts portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  4. 1 2 McFarlane, 'Noiseworks' entry. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) search engine". APRA. Retrieved 7 July 2010. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. BURNING FEELING
  6. ↑ "Take Me Back". ASCAP. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  7. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Noiseworks – Noiseworks". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Noiseworks – Noiseworks". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
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