The Angels (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Angels
| type = studio
| artist = The Angels
| cover = The Angels (album).jpeg
| alt =
| released = August 1977
| recorded = 1976–1977
| studio = Albert Studios, Sydney
| genre = Hard rock
| length = {{Duration|m=41|s=13}}
| label = Albert
| producer = Harry Vanda, George Young
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Face to Face
| next_year = 1978
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Angels
| type = studio
| single1 = Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again
| single1date = 1 March 1976
| single2 = You're a Lady Now
| single2date = July 1977
}}
}}
The Angels is the first album by Australian hard rock band, The Angels, which was released in August 1977. It was produced by Vanda & Young (The Easybeats) at Sydney's Albert Studios. It included a re-recorded version of their debut single, "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again" (March 1976) and provided their second single, "You're a Lady Now", in July 1977. By the mid-1980s "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again" had developed a cult status with the audience responding with "No way, get fucked, fuck off!"
Background
The Angels is the eponymous debut album by Australian hard rockers, The Angels, which was issued in August 1977. The group's line up, from January that year, were Chris Bailey on bass guitar; Graham Bidstrup (aka Buzz Throckman) on drums; John Brewster on rhythm guitar and backing vocals; his brother, Rick Brewster on lead guitar; and Bernard "Doc" Neeson on lead vocals.
The group had supported AC/DC in early 1976 and were signed by their producers, Vanda & Young, to Albert Productions record label. On 1 March that year The Angels had issued their debut single, "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again", which was produced by Vanda & Young. The band then recorded their debut album at Albert Studio with Vanda & Young producing, again. Six of the ten tracks were co-written by the Brewster brothers with Neeson.
Ahead of the album's appearance they released their second single, "You're a Lady Now", in July 1977. The album followed in the next month in both LP and cassette formats. By the mid-1980s "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again" had developed a cult status with audiences responding with "No way, get fucked, fuck off!". In February 1988 the group released a live version of the single, which included this chant, and marketed T-shirts sporting the phrase.
Reception
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r221429|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
| noprose = yes
}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = John Brewster (as John Carrington Brewster-Jones), Rick Brewster (as Richard Brewster-Jones), and Bernard "Doc" Neeson (as Bernard Patrick Neeson); except where noted
| title1 = Take Me Home
| note1 = J. Brewster, R. Brewster, Neeson, Graham Bidstrup
| length1 = 4:52
| title2 = You're a Lady Now
| length2 = 3:35
| title3 = Goin' Down
| note3 = William Donald Nix
| length3 = 4:11
| title4 = Shelter from the Rain
| note4 = J. Brewster, Bidstrup
| length4 = 4:03
| title5 = Can't Get Lucky
| note5 = J. Brewster, Bidstrup
| length5 = 3:17
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again
| note6 = album version
| length6 = 4:04
| title7 = You Got Me Runnin{{'-}}
| length7 = 4:55
| title8 = High on You
| length8 = 3:38
| title9 = Hot Lucy
| length9 = 4:29
| title10 = Dreambuilder
| length10 = 4:09
| total_length = 41:13
}}
Personnel
;The Angels members
- Doc Neeson – lead vocals
- Rick Brewster – lead guitar
- John Brewster – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Chris Bailey – bass guitar
- Buzz Throckman – drums
=Production=
- Producers – Vanda & Young
- Studios – Albert Studios, Sydney
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Chart performance for The Angels |
| scope="col"| Chart (1992)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/8ES7m2e |title=The Angels (Australian band) ARIA chart history (albums) 1988 to Feb 2025.|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=10 March 2025}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
|align="center"| 198 |
References
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{{Cite book | last1 = McFarlane | first1 = Ian | authorlink1 = Ian McFarlane | title = Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'The Angels' | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20040803080238/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=34 | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=34 | accessdate = 31 October 2013 | year = 1999 | publisher = Allen & Unwin | location = St Leonards, NSW | archivedate = 3 August 2004 | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 }}
{{Cite web|url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/angels.html |publisher=Australian Rock Database. Passagen (Magnus Holmgren) |title=The Angels |last1=Holmgren |first1=Magnus |last2=Senatore |first2=Tony |accessdate=31 October 2013 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514032858/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/angels.html |archivedate=14 May 2011 |df=dmy }}
{{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100503102053/http://www.albertmusic.com/artists/the-angels/discography/the-angels-1 | url = http://www.albertmusic.com/artists/the-angels/discography/the-angels-1/ | title = Albert Music – The Angels – The Angels | archivedate = 3 May 2010 | publisher = Albert Productions | accessdate = 31 October 2013 }}
{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101975629 | title = Good Times: The Angels, Steaming | last = Middleton | first = Karen | author-link = Karen Middleton (journalist) | newspaper = The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995) | date = 11 February 1988 | accessdate = 31 October 2013 | page = 31 | publisher = National Library of Australia }}
{{cite web | url = https://mobile.ascap.com/aceclient/AceWeb/#ace/search/title/Youre%20a%20Lady%20Now | title = ACE Repertory – Title 'You're a Lady Now' | publisher = American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) | accessdate = 5 January 2017 }} Note: user may have to enter the title/performer for other tracks to access further information.
{{cite web | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | title = 'Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face' at APRA search engine | url = http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=am+i+ever+gonna+see+your+face+again | accessdate = 5 January 2017 }} Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' or 'Performer:'
}}
External links
- [https://archive.today/20121208152423/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theangels/ The Angels fan forum]
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