East (album)

Infobox Album | Name = East
Type = Album
Artist = Cold Chisel


Released = June 2, 1980
Recorded = March - April 1980
Genre = Pub rock
Length =
Label = Elektra Records
Producer = Mark Opitz and Cold Chisel
Reviews =
Last album = "Breakfast at Sweethearts"
(1979)
This album = "East"
(1980)
Next album = "Swingshift"
(1981)
Misc = Singles
Name = East
Type = studio
single 1 = Choir Girl
single 1 date = November 1979
single 2 = Cheap Wine
single 2 date = May 1980
single 3 = My Baby
single 3 date = August 1980
single 4 =
single 4 date =

"East" was the third studio album by Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel, released in June 1980. The album peaked at No. 2 on the national chart and was the biggest-selling Australian album release of the year. The cover art was inspired by the 1798 painting "The Death of Marat".

The album was preceded by the release of the single "Choir Girl" that was actually recorded in October 1979 and released in November, the band's first recording with Mark Opitz who would then work on all subsequent Cold Chisel albums. The songs "Cheap Wine" and "My Baby" were also released as singles. "East" was the first Cold Chisel album to feature tracks written by all members of the band.

Track listing

All songs by Don Walker, except as noted

# "Standing on the Outside"
# "Never Before" (Ian Moss)
# "Choir Girl"
# "Rising Sun" (Jim Barnes)
# "My Baby" (Phil Small)
# "Tomorrow"
# "Cheap Wine"
# "Best Kept Lies" (Steve Prestwich)
# "Ita"
# "Star Hotel"
# "Four Walls"
# "My Turn to Cry" (Barnes)

Credits

*Jim Barnes - vocals
*Don Walker - organ, piano
*Ian Moss - guitar, lead vocals tracks 2, 5 and 8
*Phil Small - bass
*Steve Prestwich - drums
*Joe Camilleri - saxophone track 5