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Richard Clapton – The Definitive Anthology
''The Definitive Anthology'' is the third greatest hits album by Australian rock musician Richard Clapton. The album was released in October 1999 to coincide with his induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame In music, an aria (Italian: ; plural: ''arie'' , or ''arias'' in common usage, diminutive form arietta , plural ariette, or in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompanime ... at the ARIA Music Awards of 1999. The album covers songs from his career in chronological order, including two new tracks. The album peaked at number 28 on the ARIA Charts. Talking about the track selection Clapton said "It was not a simple project, as there is so much music and culling it was painful at times. But it was a lot of fun. I looked back at my earlier songs when I was compiling this and I found that the naivete of some of them was really quite cute. I had a lot of fun with it." Reception Warner Music said "One of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Clapton
Richard Clapton (born 18 May 1948) is an Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist and producer. His solo top 20 hits on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart are " Girls on the Avenue" (1975) and "I Am an Island" (1982). He reached the top 20 on the related albums chart with ''Goodbye Tiger'' (1977), ''Hearts on the Nightline'' (1979), '' The Great Escape'' (1982) and ''The Very Best of Richard Clapton'' (1982). Clapton's highest-charting album, ''Music Is Love (1966–1970)'' (April 2021), peaked at number 3 on the ARIA Chart. As a producer he worked on the second INXS album, ''Underneath the Colours'' (1981). In 1983, he briefly joined the Party Boys for a tour of eastern Australia and their live album, '' Greatest Hits (Of Other People)'' (1983), before resuming his solo career. Australian rock music historian Ian McFarlane described Clapton as "one of the most important Australian songwriters of the 1970s." On 12 October 1999, Clapton was inducted into the Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Spaces
''Dark Spaces'' is the sixth studio album by Australian rock music singer-songwriter, Richard Clapton. It was recorded in USA, produced by Dallas Smith and released in Australia in August 1980. It peaked at No. 23 on the Kent Music Report The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999. The chart was re-branded the Australian Music Report (AMR) in July ... Albums Chart. The album featured the line-up of Tony Ansell, Mark Moffatt (lead guitar), Stars' Andrew Durant (rhythm guitar), Clive Harrison (bass; ex-Kush, Avalanche) and Dragon's Kerry Jacobsen (drums), plus contributions from Cleis Pearce (viola), Tony Buchanan (sax), Sam McNally (synthesiser; ex-Stylus) and Mark Meyer (drums). Clapton dedicated the album to Durant, who died in June 1980. Track listing Charts Release history References {{Authority control 1980 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Clapton Albums
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include " Richie", " Dick", " Dickon", " Dickie", " Rich", " Rick", " Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEA Records
Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and the third-largest in the global music industry, after Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment (SME). Formerly part of Time Warner (now Warner Bros. Discovery), WMG was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange from 2005 until 2011, when it announced its privatization and sale to Access Industries. It later had its second IPO on Nasdaq in 2020, once again becoming a public company. With a multibillion-dollar annual turnover, WMG employs more than 3,500 people and has operations in more than 50 countries throughout the world. The company owns and operates some of the largest and most successful labels in the world, including Elektra Records, Reprise Records, Warner Records, Parlophone Records (formerly owned by EMI), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Years Of Our Lives (Richard Clapton Album)
''The Best Years of Our Lives'' is the debut live album by Australian rock musician Richard Clapton. The album was recorded in concert on 16 April 1989 and released in September 1989 and peaked at number 23 on the ARIA Charts. Track listing # "Deep Water" - 5:22 # "Trust Somebody" - 3:47 # "Ace of Hearts" - 5:15 # "Blue Bay Blues" - 4:20 # "Get Back to Shelter" - 6:02 # "Night Train" - 5:33 # "Capricorn Dancer" - 3:37 # "Lucky Country" - 4:19 # "High Society" - 4:34 # " Girls on the Avenue" - 4:14 # "Goodbye Tiger" - 5:14 # "Angelou" - 4:15 # "Glory Road" - 5:44 # "I Am an Island ''I Am an Island'' is the debut studio album from Scottish alternative rock band Fatherson Fatherson are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Kilmarnock, consisting of Ross Leighton (guitar, lead vocals), Marc Strain (bass) and Gre ..." - 6:03 # "The Best Years of Our Lives" - 4:30 *NB: All songs written by Richard Clapton. Charts Certification Release history References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glory Road (Richard Clapton Album)
''Glory Road'' is the ninth studio album by Australian rock music singer-songwriter, Richard Clapton released in October 1987. The album reached No. 28 on the Kent Music Report The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999. The chart was re-branded the Australian Music Report (AMR) in July ... Albums Chart. Track listing Charts Release history References {{Authority control 1987 albums Richard Clapton albums Warner Records albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solidarity (Richard Clapton Album)
''Solidarity'' is the eighth studio album by Australian rock music singer-songwriter, Richard Clapton. It was released in Australia in September 1984 It peaked at No. 27 on the Kent Music Report The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999. The chart was re-branded the Australian Music Report (AMR) in July ... Albums Chart. Track listing Charts Release history References {{Authority control 1984 albums Richard Clapton albums albums produced by Mark Opitz Mushroom Records albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Escape (Richard Clapton Album)
''The Great Escape'' is the seventh studio album by the Australian rock music singer-songwriter, Richard Clapton released in February 1982. Background and release From 1973 to 1980, Clapton released six studio albums with Infinity Records, Infinity /Festival Records, Festival before signing with Warner Music Group, WEA before the release of ''The Great Escape''. The music journalist Ian McFarland called it "one of his strongest albums". Track listing Charts Release history References {{DEFAULTSORT:Great Escape Richard Clapton Album 1982 albums Richard Clapton albums albums produced by Mark Opitz Warner Records albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Am An Island (song)
"I Am an Island" is a song by Australian rock musician Richard Clapton. The song was released in February 1982 as the lead single from Clapton's seventh studio album, ''The Great Escape''. The song peaked at number 20 on the Australian Kent Music Report; becoming Clapton's second top twenty single. It features Ian Moss on lead guitar, with Jimmy Barnes on backing vocals and Jon Farriss from INXS INXS (a word play, phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian Rock music, rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. The band's founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboar ... on drums. Track listing ;Side one # "I Am an Island" ;Side two # "Walk On Water" Charts References {{authority control 1982 songs 1982 singles Richard Clapton songs Songs written by Richard Clapton Song recordings produced by Mark Opitz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodbye Tiger
''Goodbye Tiger'' is the fourth studio album by Australian rock music singer-songwriter, Richard Clapton. It was released in August 1977 via Infinity Records/Festival Records and was produced by Richard Batchens. It peaked at No. 11 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart. In October 2010 it was listed at No. 15 in the book, ''100 Best Australian Albums''. Background Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist, Richard Clapton, started writing tracks for his fourth studio album, ''Goodbye Tiger'' (August 1977), after he and a group of friends were at Sydney Town Hall to see American journalist, Hunter S. Thompson, in October 1976. Clapton was referred to as "Tiger" by " is'beat poet' buddies." They got drunk and the binge continued until he got on a flight to Germany before crashing out at a friend's place in Frankfurt. He wrote the title track at that friend's apartment and later recalled, "It was the only time I've ever written a song and then not gone back and chang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Music
Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and the third-largest in the global music industry, after Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment (SME). Formerly part of Time Warner (now Warner Bros. Discovery), WMG was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange from 2005 until 2011, when it announced its privatization and sale to Access Industries. It later had its second IPO on Nasdaq in 2020, once again becoming a public company. With a multibillion-dollar annual turnover, WMG employs more than 3,500 people and has operations in more than 50 countries throughout the world. The company owns and operates some of the largest and most successful labels in the world, including Elektra Records, Reprise Records, Warner Records, Parlophone Records (formerly owned by EMI), an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highway One (film)
''Highway One'' is a 1977 Australian documentary film by Steve Otton, which features Trudie Adams. Plot Adventures of a group of surfers who travel the coast surfing and showing "Morning of the Earth". Impact In 2018, the film was rediscovered by ABC's investigative team and revealed it features Trudie Adams when she was 18 years old, a year before she went missing in June 1978. In the film, Adams plays the girlfriend of the main character and footage shows her dancing with her on-screen boyfriend and sharing a romantic candlelit dinner. Adams is chatting with friends, and appears fresh-faced and carefree. Cast * Kim Bradley - Surfer * Philip Moneroz - Surfer * Robert Steen - Surfer Soundtrack A soundtrack was released in 1976 and featured music by Richard Clapton, The Dingoes, Ol' 55, Skyhooks and Bigola Bop Band. The single "Capricorn Dancer" peaked at number 40 on the Australian Kent Music Report The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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