Every Man a King (album)

Every Man a King
Australian album cover
Studio album by
Released5 May 2007
RecordedHobby Horse Studio, Supersonic Studio
2006–2007
GenreRock, pop
LabelLiberation Records
ProducerJames Reyne, Scott Kingman
James Reyne chronology
And the Horse You Rode in On
(2005)
Every Man a King
(2007)
Ghost Ships
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Every Man a King is the eighth solo studio album by Australian singer/songwriter James Reyne released on 5 May 2007. On the album, Reyne rips into several of his pet hates and finds plenty going askew with the Australian character; showing contempt for celebrity culture, men who are 'chasing the chattering classes' and aspiring to be a part of the 'million balconies facing the sun' and John Howard and George W. Bush are written about in "Light in the Tunnel" and "Little Man You've Had a Busy Day."[2]

Reyne said; "If there's any theme to this album it's people being easily impressed. This silliness that they aspire to, the lives they read about in magazines. Their obsession with trash culture, the bizarre values we seem to live by. It's all just endlessly and perversely fascinating to me".[3]

The album was recorded at Hobby Horse Studios in St Kilda West and at Supersonic Studios in Scott Kingman's home studio.[4]

  1. ^ ""Every Man a King" by James Reyne". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. ^ "James Reyne". Brett Winterford. www.smh.com.au. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  3. ^ "James Reyne - Every Man a King". Sanity.com.au. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Home, James". www.theage.com.au. 10 June 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2016.