''Daytime and the Dark'' is the fourth
studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
by Australian musician,
Mark Seymour
Mark Jeremy Seymour (born 26 July 1956) is an Australian musician and vocalist. He was the frontman and songwriter of rock band Hunters & Collectors from 1981 until 1998. Seymour has carved a solo career, releasing his debut solo album in ...
. It contained acoustic versions of songs, most of which had appeared first on albums by Seymour's band
Hunters & Collectors
Hunters & Collectors are an Australian rock band formed in 1981. Fronted by founding mainstay, singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Seymour, they developed a blend of Pub rock (Australia), pub rock and funk, art-funk. Other mainstays are John ...
, and was released in March 2005.
[''Sunday Herald Sun'', 13 March 2005, page 14.] It also contained two new songs, "Good Ol' Boys" and "Dream You Had Last Night", as well as a cover version of
Dragon's 1977 hit "
April Sun in Cuba
"April Sun in Cuba" is a song recorded by New Zealand group Dragon, released in October 1977. It is the first single to be released from Dragon's fourth studio album Running Free. "April Sun in Cuba" first charted on 7 November 1977, peaking at nu ...
" as a duet with
James Reyne
James Michael Nugent Reyne OAM (born 19 May 1957) is an Australian rock musician and singer-songwriter both in solo work and, until 1986, with the band Australian Crawl.
Biography
Early years
Reyne was born in Lagos, Nigeria. His father, Ro ...
. The album peaked at number 99 on the ARIA Charts.
The album was re-released in June 2012 under the title ''Greatest Hits Acoustic''.
Track listing
Personnel
* Mark Seymour – guitars, vocals
* Cameron McGlinchie – drums
* Tony Floyd – percussion
* Cameron McKenzie – guitars, percussion
* Louise McCarthy – vocals
* James Black – keyboards
* Andrew Carswell – tin whistle
Charts
Release history
References
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2005 albums
Mark Seymour albums