''Little River Band'' is the debut studio album by the Australian rock group

Little River Band Little River Band (LRB) are a Rock music, rock band originally formed in Melbourne, Australia, in March 1975. The band achieved commercial success in both Australia and the United States. They have sold more than 30 million records; six studi ...

which was released by

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in October 1975. It peaked at No. 17 on the Australian

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Albums Chart and was certified 2× gold in Australia in November 1976.

Singles

The band's first single, " Curiosity (Killed the Cat)", was released in September 1975, ahead of the album and peaked at No. 15 on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart. The following single, " Emma" was released in December 1975 and peaked at No. 20. In August 1976, an edited version of "It's a Long Way There" was released as the band lead single international and the third single in Australia. It reached the Australian Top 40 and became the band's first US Top 40 hit. It also charted in

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to reach No. 14. Note: Information in

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. " I'll Always Call Your Name" was release in early 1977 in North America only as the album's fourth and final single.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Little River Band members as shown. Note: requires user to enter song title, e.g. It's a Long Way There

Personnel

Little River Band members *

Beeb Birtles Beeb Birtles (born Gerard Bertelkamp, 28 November 1948) is an Australian musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has been a member of various Australian groups including Zoot (1967–71), Mississippi (1972–74), Little River Band (1975 ...

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Ric Formosa Riccardo Formosa (born 1 September 1954) is an Italian-born Australian musician and composer. He was the lead guitarist of the pop band Little River Band from 1975 to 1976 and recorded their first two albums, ''Little River Band'' and '' After Hou ...

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, acoustic,

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– lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric), vocal arrangements *

Roger McLachlan Roger McLachlan (born 15 January 1954) is a New Zealand bass guitarist based in Australia. He was an early bass player for Little River Band. Early life McLachlan was born on 15 January 1954 in the small town of Riverton, near Invercargill, New ...

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Derek Pellicci Derek Allan Pellicci (born 18 February 1953) is an English-born Australian drummer. He is best known as a founding member of Little River Band. Pellicci lives in Melbourne with his wife, Anne and a son. Early life In 1960, Pellicci's family, his ...

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Glenn Shorrock Glenn Barrie Shorrock (born 30 June 1944) is an English-born Australian singer-songwriter. He was a founding member of rock bands the Twilights, Axiom, Little River Band and post LRB spin-off trio Birtles Shorrock Goble, as well as being a solo ...

– lead vocals, backing vocals, percussion,

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Additional musicians * Stephen Cooney –

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(track 2),

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(track 9) *Gary Hyde – percussion *Peter Jones –

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(arrangement, conductor),

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(tracks 1–5, 7–9) * Col Loughnan –

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(track 8) *Ian Mason – piano (track 6) Production details *

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– Ross Cockle (recording and remix),

Mark Opitz Mark Opitz (born 1952) is an Australian record producer and audio engineer. He started his career with Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in 1971. He has produced AC/DC, the Angels, Australian Crawl, Cold Chisel, Divinyls and INXS. He ...

(mastering) * Producer – Birtles, Shorrock,

Glenn Wheatley Glenn Dawson Wheatley (23 January 1948 – 1 February 2022) was an Australian musician, talent manager and tour promoter. Career Wheatley began his career as a musician in Brisbane in the mid-1960s. In the late 1960s he became known national ...

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Charts

Certifications

References

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