Barnestorming

Australian hard rocker, Jimmy Barnes (ex-Cold Chisel), released Barnestorming in November 1988, a year after the related concert performances in Melbourne had started.{{cite book | last1 = McFarlane | first1 = Ian | author-link1 = Ian McFarlane | title = Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'Jimmy Barnes' | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040803164923/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=77 | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=77 | year = 1999 | publisher = Allen & Unwin | location = St Leonards, NSW | archive-date = 3 August 2004 | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 }} At that time, Barnes third solo album, Freight Train Heart (December 1987), had just been released and was his third number-one album on the Australian Albums Chart in a row.{{cite web|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Barnes&titel=Barnestorming&cat=a |title=Jimmy Barnes – Barnestorming |publisher=Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung) |last=Hung |first=Steffen |access-date=25 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505182837/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Barnes&titel=Barnestorming&cat=a |archive-date=5 May 2016 |df=dmy }}

To support its appearance he started the Barnestorming Tour with the line-up of Barnes on lead vocals and guitar, his brother-in-law, Johnny Diesel, on guitar, Dave Amato on guitar, Chris Bailey on bass guitar, Tony Brock on drums and Peter Kekell on keyboards.{{Cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131023073540/http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/b/barnesjimmy.html | url = http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/b/barnesjimmy.html | title = Jimmy Barnes | publisher = Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren) | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | first2 = Philip | last2 = Shoppee | first3 = Peer | last3 = Meyer | first4 = Michael | last4 = Lawrence | archive-date = 23 October 2013 | url-status = usurped | access-date = 25 June 2016 }}

It appeared on the Mushroom Records label as a 2× LP album, on CD and on 2× audio cassettes in Australia. The live recordings were mixed by Dave Thoener at Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney, in September 1988.{{Citation | author1 = Barnes, Jimmy | author-link1 = Jimmy Barnes | title = Barnestorming | publication-date = December 1988 | publisher = Mushroom Records | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/11557465 | via = National Library of Australia | access-date=25 June 2016 }}{{Citation | author1=Barnes, Jimmy | title = Barnestorming Live | publication-date = 1988 | publisher = [Australia] Mushroom Records | url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/191579030 | via = National Library of Australia | access-date=25 June 2016 }}

1. "Driving Wheels" (Jimmy Barnes, Jonathan Cain, David Roberts)
2. "Good Times" (Harry Vanda, George Young)
3. "Too Much Ain't Enough Love" (Barnes, Cain, Tony Brock, Neal Schon, Randy Jackson)
4. "Lessons in Love" (Barnes, Jim Vallance, Jeff Neill, Cain)
5. "Working Class Man" (Cain)
6. "Waitin' for the Heartache" (Barnes, Desmond Child)
7. "Do or Die" (Barnes, Cain)
8. "When a Man Loves a Woman" (Calvin Lewis, Andrew Wright)
9. "Last Frontier" (Barnes, Cain)
10. "Seven Days" (Bob Dylan)
11. "Temptation" (Barnes)
12. "No Second Prize" (Barnes)
13. "Walk On" (Child, Joe Lynn Turner)
14. "Rising Sun" (Barnes)
15. "Without Your Love" (Barnes, Tony Carey)
16. "Paradise" (Barnes)

;Musicians

• Jimmy Barnes{{nbsp}}– vocals, guitar
• Johnny Diesel, Dave Amato{{nbsp}}– guitar
• Chris Bailey{{nbsp}}– bass
• Tony Brock{{nbsp}}– drums
• Peter Kekell{{nbsp}}– keyboards

;Production work

• Mastering engineer{{nbsp}}– Rick O'Neil at Festival records, Sydney, Australia
• Mixer{{nbsp}}– Dave Thoener at Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney, September 1988
• Assistant mixer{{nbsp}}– Paula Jones

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• List of number-one albums in Australia during the 1980s

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