''Calm Before the Storm'' is the sixth studio album by the Australian musician,

Jon English Jonathan James English (26 March 1949 – 9 March 2016) was an English-born Australian singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He emigrated from England to Australia with his parents in 1961. He was an early vocalist and rhythm guitarist for S ...

, and his first under the

Mercury Records Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it is ...

label. The album was released in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

in April 1980 and peaked at number 17 on the

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in March 1983. Two singles were released from the album: " Hot Town" which peaked at No. 11 on the Kent Music chart, and "Carmilla", which peaked at No. 27. The international version had a slightly altered track-listing and included the track "Hold Back the Night" which was released as a single in 1981.

Track listing

;Vinyl/ Cassette (6357 067) Side One # "Survivor" (English) - 3:31 # "Save Me" (Garry Paige, Mark Punch) - 3:15 # "Carmilla" (English) - 3:47 # "Down in Frisco" (Mike Wade) - 3:12 # " Hot Town" (

Graeme Connors Graeme Connors (born 29 April 1956) is an Australian country music singer, songwriter, and performer. Connors has released seventeen studio albums and has received fourteen Golden Guitar awards among other prestige Australian country music award ...

, Wade) - 3:43 Side Two # "Little By Little" (Tony Naylor) - 4:22 # "Feel Like Dancing" (Wade, Naylor) - 3:22 # "Sad News" (Wade) - 3:34 # "Split" (Naylor) - 3:41 # "Hope it Turns Out Right" (Connors, Wade) - 4:23

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