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

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock, pop

| length =

| label = Virgin

| producer = Martin Rushent

| prev_title = Domestic Harmony

| prev_year = 1985

| next_title =

| 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}}

}}

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{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r35504|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

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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.

  1. "Haunt You"
  2. "King of Moomba"
  3. "Adultery" (Bray, Carter, Philip)
  4. "Valentine's Day"
  5. "Take Me Anywhere" (Bray, Carter, Philip)
  6. "Heads Will Roll"
  7. "Disneyland"
  8. "Wild and Blue" (Conway, Carter, Philip)
  9. "Desert Song"
  10. "Friends Like You" (Bray, Carter, Philip)
  11. "That Hanging Business" (Bray, Carter, Philip)
  12. "The Happiest Place in Town" (Philip, Bray)

Charts

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Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=91}}

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Personnel

Do-Ré-Mi members

Additional musicians

Recording details

References

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Category:1988 albums

Category:Do-Re-Mi (band) albums

Category:Virgin Records albums