Feel the Heat (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Feel the Heat
| type = Studio album
| artist = The Radiators
| cover = Feel_the_Heat_by_The_Radiators.jpg
| alt =
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Music Farm Studios and Trafalgar Studios, New South Wales, Australia
| genre = Pop rock, new wave{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/feel-the-heat-mw0000541844 |title=Feel the Heat - The Radiators | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2014-02-15}}
| length =
| label = WEA{{cite AV media notes|title=Feel The Heat|others=The Radiators|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|type=booklet|date=1980}}
| producer = Charles Fisher, The Radiators
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = You Have the Right to Remain Silent
| next_year = 1981
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Feel the Heat
| type = studio
| single1 = Comin' Home
| single1date = September 1979
| single2 = Fess' Song"/"Gimme Head
| single2date = February 1980
| single3 = Hit and Run
| single3date = May 1980
}}
}}
Feel the Heat is the debut studio album by Australian band The Radiators. The album as released in March 1980 and peaked at number 22 on the Australian Albums Chart and was certified platinum,{{cite web | url = http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&search=Radiators&id=35319&pages=#1052438 | title = Albums Pre 1989 Part 2 – Radiators | last1 = Ryan (bulion) | first1 = Gary | publisher = Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung) | date = 8 April 2012 | accessdate = 9 April 2012 }} selling 90,000 copies. A limited edition featured a bonus disc with the tracks "Fess' Song" and "Gimme Head".
The Radiators became the first Australian band to have advance/pre-sales on a début album with 6,000 copies being shifted before its release.{{cite web|author=Mark Gibson |url=http://australianmusichistory.com/the-radiators/ |title=The Radiators — Australian Music History |publisher=Australianmusichistory.com |date=2007-02-18 |accessdate=2014-02-15}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
|headline = Side A
| title1 = Summer Holiday
| writer1 = Brian Nichol
| length1 = 4:29
| title2 = All of Your Love
| writer2 = Nichol, Geoff Turner
| length2 = 3:16
| title3 = Reason
| writer3 = Nichol, Fess Parker
| length3 = 2:58
| title4 = Comin' Home
| writer4 = Turner
| length4 = 3:06
| title5 = Numbers
| writer5 = Turner
| length5 = 3:02
}}
{{Track listing
|headline = Side B
| title1 = 17 (I Wish I Was)
| writer1 = Nichol
| length1 = 5:13
| title2 = Nancy Can't Dance
| writer2 = Turner
| length2 = 2:50
| title3 = Hit and Run
| writer3 = Nichol, Turner
| length3 = 4:19
| title4 = It's Easy
| writer4 = Turner
| length4 = 3:16
| title5 = Radiation
| writer5 = Turner
| length5 = 4:38
}}
{{Track listing
|headline = Side C (Limited Edition)
| title1 = Fess' Song
| writer1 = Nichol
| length1 = 4:25
}}
{{Track listing
|headline = Side D (Limited Edition)
| title1 = Gimme Head
| writer1 = Turner
| length1 = 2:40
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1980)
!scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=245}} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
| style="text-align:center;"| 22 |
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|title=Feel the Heat|artist=The Radiators|type=album|relyear=1980|certyear=1980|region=Australia|award=Platinum|certref={{cite web|url= https://newcastlelive.com.au/the-radiators-return-to-newcastle-newcastle-live/ |title= The Radiators return to Newcastle |website=Newcastle Live|date=2014 |access-date=1 November 2023}}}}
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References
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{{The Radiators (Australian band)}}
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