''Barnestorming'' or ''Barnestorming Live'' is the first live album by Australian

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er,

Jimmy Barnes James Dixon "Jimmy" Barnes (née Swan; born 28 April 1956) is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer. His career, both as a solo performer and as the lead vocalist with the rock band Cold Chisel, has made him one of the most popular and best-s ...

, the former lead vocalist for

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. It was released in November 1988 and went to number one on the Australian albums chart for three weeks later that month. Barnes and his backing band were recorded at their Melbourne performances from December 1987 to February 1988.

Background

Australian hard rocker,

(ex-

), released ''Barnestorming'' in November 1988, a year after the related concert performances in Melbourne had started. At that time, Barnes third solo album, '' Freight Train Heart'' (December 1987), had just been released and was his third number-one album on the

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in a row. To support its appearance he started the Barnestorming Tour with the line-up of Barnes on lead vocals and guitar, his brother-in-law,

Johnny Diesel Mark Denis Lizotte (born 31 May 1966) is an American-born Australian singer-songwriter and musician, who has released material under the name Diesel, Johnny Diesel, as leader of band Johnny Diesel & the Injectors, and as a solo performer, as we ...

, on guitar,

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on guitar, Chris Bailey on bass guitar,

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on drums and Peter Kekell on keyboards. It appeared on the

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label as a 2×

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, on CD and on 2×

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s in Australia. The live recordings were mixed by Dave Thoener at Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney, in September 1988.

Track listing

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, David Roberts) # "

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Harry Vanda Johannes Hendrikus Jacob van den Berg (born 22 March 1946), better known as his stage name Harry Vanda, is a Dutch Australian musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as lead guitarist of the 1960s Australian rock band the Easy ...

, George Young) # "

Too Much Ain't Enough Love "Too Much Ain't Enough Love" is a song by Australian rock singer, Jimmy Barnes. It was released in October 1987 as the first single from Barnes' 1987 album, '' Freight Train Heart'' It was his first Australian No. 1 hit single, Note: Used f ...

" (Barnes, Cain,

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) # "Lessons in Love" (Barnes,

Jim Vallance James Douglas Vallance (born May 31, 1952) is a Canadian songwriter, arranger and producer. He is best known as the songwriting partner of Canadian musician Bryan Adams. Vallance began his professional career as the original drummer and main song ...

, Jeff Neill, Cain) # "

Working Class Man "Working Class Man" is a song performed and made famous by Australian singer Jimmy Barnes. It was written by Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain. "Working Class Man" is generally considered Barnes' signature song as a solo artist. At the 19 ...

" (Cain) # " Waitin' for the Heartache" (Barnes,

Desmond Child John Charles Barrett (born October 28, 1953), known professionally as Desmond Child, is an American songwriter and producer. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008. His hits as a songwriter include Kiss's "I Was Made for Lovi ...

) # "Do or Die" (Barnes, Cain) # " When a Man Loves a Woman" (Calvin Lewis, Andrew Wright) # " Last Frontier" (Barnes, Cain) # " Seven Days" (

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) # "Temptation" (Barnes) # " No Second Prize" (Barnes) # "Walk On" (Child,

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) # "Rising Sun" (Barnes) # "Without Your Love" (Barnes,

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) # "Paradise" (Barnes)

Personnel

;Musicians *

– vocals,

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– guitar * Chris Bailey– bass *

–

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* Peter Kekell–

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;Production work * Mastering engineer– Rick O'Neil at Festival records, Sydney, Australia * Mixer– Dave Thoener at Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney, September 1988 ** Assistant mixer– Paula Jones

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Jimmy Barnes albums 1988 live albums ARIA Award-winning albums Mushroom Records live albums