The Happiest Place in Town
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Happiest Place in Town
| type = studio
| artist = Do-Ré-Mi
| cover = HappiestPlaceAlbumCover01.jpg
| alt =
| released = February 1988
| recorded = 1988
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| studio =
| length =
| label = Virgin
| producer = Martin Rushent
| prev_title = Domestic Harmony
| prev_year = 1985
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| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Happiest Place in Town
| type = studio
| single1 = Adultery
| single1date = October 1986
| single2 = King of Moomba
| single2date = January 1988
| single3 = Haunt You
| single3date = March 1988
| single4 = Happiest Place in Town
| single4date = 30 May 1988{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/MPYGU4o.jpg|title=Australian Music Report No 722 – 30 May 1988 > Singles: New Releases|publisher=Australian Music Report|accessdate=23 February 2020|archive-date=2 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502135916/https://i.imgur.com/MPYGU4o.jpg|url-status=live}}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r35504|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
}}
The Happiest Place in Town is the second and final studio album by Australian rock/pop group Do-Re-Mi and was released by Virgin Records in August 1988.{{cite web | title=Do-Ré-Mi | last=Nimmervoll | first=Ed | author-link=Ed Nimmervoll | publisher=HowlSpace – The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll) |archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120726191200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14231/20120727-0512/www.howlspace.com.au/en2/doremi/doremi.htm |url=http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/en2/doremi/doremi.htm | archivedate=26 July 2012 |accessdate=10 February 2014 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The album has twelve tracks, which were written by lead vocalist Deborah Conway, drummer Dorland Bray, bass guitarist Helen Carter and guitarist Stephen Philip.{{cite web | title= Australasian Performing Right Association | publisher= APRA | url= http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch | accessdate= 2008-10-14 | archive-date= 5 December 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071205184453/http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch | url-status= live }} Note: requires user to input song title e.g. HAPPIEST PLACE IN TOWN{{cite web | title = Do-Ré-Mi | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | publisher = Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren) | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131105161246/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/d/doremi.html | url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/d/doremi.html | archivedate = 5 November 2013 | url-status = usurped | accessdate = 16 March 2014 }}{{cite web | title= Once more with feeling | last= Kruger | first= Debbie | author-link= Debbie Kruger | date= 14–20 July 2004 | publisher= Melbourne Weekly Bayside Magazine | url= http://www.debbiekruger.com/writer/freelance/conway.html | accessdate= 2008-10-14 | archive-date= 6 July 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080706042104/http://www.debbiekruger.com/writer/freelance/conway.html | url-status= live }}{{cite web | title=Long Way To The Top article on Helen Carter | publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | url=http://www.abc.net.au/longway/artist_index/helencarter.htm | accessdate=2008-10-14 | archive-date=12 August 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812213226/http://www.abc.net.au/longway/artist_index/helencarter.htm | url-status=live }}
Recording
Conway said producer Rushent, "worked his arse off to get the best possible sound that he could get. It was mostly a happy experience but the cracks were beginning to show in the camaraderie of the band. There were fights, some nastiness and a little bit of violence. And I think it was me against the other three."{{cite book | author= Jane Gazzo |title=I Hear Motion|year=2024|page=28|publisher=Melbourne Books|isbn=9781922779267}}
Track listing
All tracks were written by Deborah Conway, Dorland Bray, Helen Carter and Stephen Philip, except where indicated.
- "Haunt You"
- "King of Moomba"
- "Adultery" (Bray, Carter, Philip)
- "Valentine's Day"
- "Take Me Anywhere" (Bray, Carter, Philip)
- "Heads Will Roll"
- "Disneyland"
- "Wild and Blue" (Conway, Carter, Philip)
- "Desert Song"
- "Friends Like You" (Bray, Carter, Philip)
- "That Hanging Business" (Bray, Carter, Philip)
- "The Happiest Place in Town" (Philip, Bray)
Charts
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Chart (1988)
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Personnel
Do-Ré-Mi members
- Dorland Bray — drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Helen Carter — bass guitar, backing vocals
- Deborah Conway — lead vocalist
- Stephen Philip — guitar
Additional musicians
- Alan Dunn — piano accordion
- Johnny Mars — harmonica
- Bob Noble — piano, keyboards, organ (Hammond)
- Frank Ricotti — trumpet
- Steve Sidwell — piccolo trumpet
- John Thirkell — trumpet
- Philip Todd — saxophone (tenor)
Recording details
- Producer — Martin Rushent
References
{{Do-Re-Mi}}
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