''Quasimodo's Dream'' is the second album by Australian group
The Reels
The Reels are an Australian rock music, rock band which formed in Dubbo, New South Wales in 1976. It disbanded in 1991, and reformed in 2007. Its 1981 song "Quasimodo's Dream (song), Quasimodo's Dream" was voted one of the APRA Top 30 Australian ...
, released in May 1981 by
Polygram Records. It is considered to be the band's best work and contains the iconic title track, which was voted as number 10 on
APRA's list of Top 30 Australian songs. Other singles from the album include "After the News" and "Shout and Deliver". The song "According to My Heart", a cover of the 1961
Jim Reeves
James Travis Reeves (August 20, 1923July 31, 1964) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. One of the earliest pioneers and practitioners of the Nashville sound, he played a central role in the sonic development of country music in th ...
song had been included on the album against the wishes of the band, as a result of this, there was a sticker on the inner sleeve that said "Due to Record Company Pressure This Album Contains The Hit Single According To My Heart".
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''Quasimodo's Dream'' peaked in at number 27 on the Australian chart.
In October 2010, it was listed in the top 40 in the book, ''100 Best Australian Albums
''The 100 Best Australian Albums'' (a.k.a. ''One Hundred Best Australian Albums'') is a compendium of rock and pop albums of the past 50 years as compiled by music journalists Toby Creswell, Craig Mathieson and John O'Donnell. The book was ...
''.
Track listing
;Side One
# "For All We Know" ( David Lawrence Mason)
# " Quasimodo's Dream" (D. Mason)
# "According to My Heart
''According to My Heart'' is an album by Jim Reeves originally released in 1960 on RCA Camden. It was the first of two number-one albums in the UK for American singer Jim Reeves. It spent four weeks at the top of the chart in 1969, five years af ...
" (G. Walker)
# " After the News" (D. Mason)
# "Colourful Clothes" (D. Mason/C. Hooper)
# " Shout and Deliver" (D. Mason)
;Side Two
# "Dubbo Go Go" (D. Mason)
# "Smokey Dawson Show" (D. Mason)
# "Depression" (D. Mason)
# "Rupert Murdoch" (D. Mason/C. Newham)
# "Kitchen Man" (D. Mason/C. Newham)
# "Ohira Tour" (D. Mason/K. Ansell/C. Hooper)
# "Cancer" (D. Mason/C. Hooper)
CD Reissue
#"Quasimodo's Dream" – 4:10
#"Shout and Deliver" – 2:43
#"After the News" – 2:52
#"According to My Heart" – 3:14
#"Depression" – 3:04
#"Colourful Clothes" – 2:24
#"For All We Know" – 2:35
#"Media Themes - Smokey Dawson Show/Rupert Murdoch/Ohira Tour" – 3:45
#"Cancer" – 3:33
#"Dubbo Go Go" – 5:34
#"Kitchen Man" – 5:27
Charts
References
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1981 albums
PolyGram albums
The Reels albums