''A Place in the World'' is the third studio album by Australian rock band

The Black Sorrows The Black Sorrows are an Australian blues rock band formed in 1983 by mainstay vocalist Joe Camilleri (ex-Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons), who also plays saxophone and guitar. Camilleri has used various line-ups to record 17 albums, with five reachi ...

. The album was released in November 1985. All tracks were written by band members Joe Camilleri and Nick Smith, except "Let the Four Winds Blow".

Review

''The Canberra Times'' Debbie Cameron noted the album was, "a cocktail of styles — from a strong piano accordion and calypso sound in "A Place in the World", to good dancing in "Country Girls", through a rocky but unremarkable "The Final Touch" and to a tragic "Sons of the Sea"". Although Cameron preferred ''

Sonola ''Sonola'' is the debut studio album by Australian rock band The Black Sorrows. The album was released in June 1984 and consisted of cover versions of soul and R&B songs. Background In 1983, following the disbanding of Jo Jo Zep, Joe Camille ...

'', she found ''A Place in the World'' had "the action, the beat and the melody of Ry Cooder".

Track listing

; CD track listing

Personnel

*Accordion – George Butrumlis *Bass – Joe Creighton *Cover – Richard Lewis *Drums, washboard –

Peter Luscombe Peter Luscombe is an Australian drummer and composer. Career Luscombe was a member of The Black Sorrows from 1985 to 1993 appearing on the albums ''A Place in the World'' (1986), ''Dear Children'' (1987), ''Hold on to Me'' (1988), ''Harley and ...

*Engineer – Gary Constable *Guitar – Jeff Burstin, Ross Hannaford, Andrew Pendlebury *Harmony vocals – Nick Smith, The Blackberries *Illustration – Jenny Aitken *Lap steel guitar – Ed Bates *Violin – Steve McTaggart, Danny Bourke

References

External links

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