''Wayfaring Sons'' is the second solo album by the Scottish-Australian singer

Colin Hay Colin James Hay (born 29 June 1953) is a Scottish-Australian musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and the sole continuous member of the band Men at Work, and later as a solo artist. Hay's music ha ...

, released in 1990. The album peaked at number 118 on the ARIA charts.

Critical reception

The ''

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'' wrote: "From Australia, basic pop music that owes a lot to what are allegedly the traditional sounds of Scotland." ''

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'' opined that "numbers such as the title cut and 'Ya (Rest in Peace)' offer the best fusion of traditional sounds and modern rock this side of The Waterboys." The ''

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'' concluded that, "like Men at Work, there's a hollowness about the music that keeps it from being anything more than mildly diverting."

Track listing

All songs written by

, except where noted. #"Wayfaring Sons" – 3:31 #"Into My Life" – 4:20 #"Storm in My Heart" – 3:33 #"Dream On (In the Night)" – 4:56 #"Not So Lonely" (Hay, Robert Dillon, Paul Gadsby,

Gerry Hale Gerald Richard "Gerry" Hale (born 1959, Newmarket, Suffolk) is an English-born, Australian-based multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. He has worked as a session musician for the Soft Boys (1978–80) and was a band member of Bouncing Czecks (fl. ...

) – 4:16 #"Don't Drink the Water" – 3:43 #"Help Me" – 3:04 #"Dreamtime in Glasgow" – 3:51 #"Back in My Loving Arms" (Hay, Dillon, Gadsby, Hale) – 3:31 #"Ya (Rest in Peace)" – 3:53

Personnel

Musicians

*Colin Hay – vocals, acoustic

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, acoustic 6-string guitar, electric guitar,

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– violin,

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

, background vocals *Paul Gadsby – bass guitar, background vocals *Robert Dillon – drums, percussion *Robby Kilgore – keyboards *Jann Karam – background vocals ("Not So Lonely")

Charts

Notes

{{Authority control Colin Hay albums 1990 albums MCA Records albums