Johnny Diesel and the Injectors

{{Short description|Album by Johnny Diesel}}

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| name = Johnny Diesel & the Injectors

| type = studio

| artist = Johnny Diesel & the Injectors

| cover = Johnny Diesel and the Injectors album cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1989|03|06|df=y}}

| recorded = August–September 1988

| studio = Ardent Studio and Alpha Sound, Memphis, Tennessee

| genre = {{hlist|Rock|blues|Hard rock}}

| length = {{Duration|m=52|s=27}}

| label = Chrysalis

| producer = Terry Manning

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Live in London

| next_year = 1989

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Johnny Diesel & the Injectors

| type = studio

| single1 = Don't Need Love

| single1date = October 1988

| single2 = Soul Revival

| single2date = February 1989

| single3 = Cry in Shame

| single3date = April 1989

| single4 = Lookin' for Love

| single4date = June 1989

| single5 = Since I Fell for You

| single5date = 1989

}}

}}

Johnny Diesel & the Injectors is the debut album by Australian rock band Johnny Diesel & the Injectors, which was released in 1989. The album peaked at number 2 on the ARIA singles chart and won two ARIA Music Awards.

Background

Johnny Diesel & the Injectors were formed in Perth in 1986 by Mark Lizotte {{abbr|p.k.a.|performer known as}} Johnny Diesel on lead guitar and lead vocals, Bernie Bremond on saxophone and vocals, John "Tatt" Dalzell on bass guitar, George Dalstrom on guitar and John "Yak" Sherritt on drums.{{cite encyclopedia |last=McFarlane |first=Ian |author-link=Ian McFarlane |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |title=Encyclopedia entry for 'Johnny Diesel' |url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=279 |access-date=9 March 2023 |year=1999 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=St Leonards, NSW |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040803171121/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=279 |archive-date=3 August 2004 }}{{cite web |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120726191200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14231/20120727-0512/www.howlspace.com.au/en4/diesel/diesel.htm |url=http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/en4/diesel/diesel.htm |title=Diesel |last=Nimmervoll |first=Ed |author-link=Ed Nimmervoll |publisher=Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music . White Room Electronic Publishing |archive-date=26 July 2012 |access-date=9 March 2023 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web |url=http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/d/diesel.html |work=Australian Rock Database |title=Johnny Diesel / Mark Lizotte |editor=Magnus Holmgren |access-date=4 December 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040319172429/http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/d/diesel.html |archive-date=19 March 2004 |df=dmy-all}} Without Dalstrom the group relocated to Sydney in September 1987. They supported Jimmy Barnes on his Freight Train Heart Tour during November. By mid-1988 they were signed to Chrysalis Records. The four-piece group recorded their debut album, Johnny Diesel & the Injectors, from August to September in Memphis, Tennessee with Terry Manning producing.

Track listing

all tracks written by Mark Lizotte except where noted.

{{track listing

|title1 = Lookin' for Love

|length1 = 3:32

|title2 = Parisienne Hotel

|length2 = 4:03

|title3 = Cry In Shame

|length3 = 4:45

|title4 = Comin' Home

|length4 = 4:37

|title5 = Since I Fell for You

|note5 = Buddy Johnson

|length5 = 5:38

|title6 = Don't Need Love

|length6 = 4:16

|title7 = Burn

|length7 = 5:43

|title8 = Soul Revival

|length8 = 4:32

|title9 = Fire Without a Flame

|length9 = 4:20

|title10 = Get Ya Love

|length10 = 3:29

|title11 = Never Last

|length11 = 3:33

|title12 = Thang II

|length12 = 6:14

}}

Chart performance

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable"
Chart (1989)

! Peak position

Australian Albums Chart

| style="text-align:center;"| 2

New Zealand Album Charthttps://charts.nz/weekchart.asp?year=1989&date=19890514&cat=a {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 25

Canadian Album Chart{{cite web |date=May 20, 1989|title=Image : RPM Weekly |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/80s/1989/RPM-1989-05-20.pdf|access-date=April 6, 2024 |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca}}

| style="text-align:center;"|75

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1989)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| ARIA Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/1989/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums 1989|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=25 March 2016}}

| 7

Certifications

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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Johnny Diesel and the Injectors|title=Johnny Diesel and the Injectors|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=1989|certref={{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/1989/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums 1989|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=25 March 2016}}}}

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Awards

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!Year

!Category

!Nominated work

!Result

rowspan="2"|ARIA Music Awards of 1989

|Breakthrough Single

|"Don't Need Love"

|{{nom}}

Best New Talent

|Johnny Diesel & the Injectors

|{{won}}

rowspan="3"|ARIA Music Awards of 1990

|Breakthrough album

|Johnny Diesel & the Injectors

|{{nom}}

Highest Selling Album

|Johnny Diesel & the Injectors

|{{won}}

Best Group

|Johnny Diesel & the Injectors

|{{nom}}

Singles

  • "Don't Need Love" (1988) (AUS: No. 10)
  • "Soul Revival" (1989) (AUS: No. 9)
  • "Cry in Shame" (1989) (AUS: No. 10)
  • "Lookin' for Love" (1989) (AUS: No. 28)
  • "Since I Fell for You" (1989) (AUS: No. 79)

Personnel

  • Produced, recorded, engineered and mixed by Terry Manning
  • Mastered by: Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk.
  • Tracks arranged by: Terry Manning, Brent Eccles and JD & Injectors.
  • Photography: Brian Hagiwara, David Heffernan.
  • Art Direction: Peter Corriston.
  • Thanks: Among others thanks to Chris Collie, Jamie Manifis, George Dahlstrom, Jim & Jane Barnes, Brian Lizotte.
  • Musicians: Johnny Diesel (vocals, guitar); Bernie Bremond (saxes, backing vocals); Yak Sherrit (drums); Johnny 'Tatt' Dalzell (bass) and the 'F A Horns' (Johnny Diesel, Bernie Bremond & Terry Manning)

VHS

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| cover = Johnny Diesel and the Injectors VHS.jpg

| border = yes

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| genre = Rock music

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| producer = Paul Elliott, Kimble Rendall

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| next_title = Hepfidelity and More

| next_year = 1993

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"Johnny Diesel & the Injectors" is a VHS released by Chrysalis Records, Festival Video in 1989, featuring 4 video clips from Johnny Diesel and the Injectors.

Track listing

  1. Lookin' for Love
  2. Soul Revival
  3. Cry in Shame
  4. Don't Need Love
  5. Thang I

References