First Under the Wire

First Under the Wire
Studio album by
Little River Band
ReleasedJuly 9, 1979[1]
Genre
Length46:09
LabelCapitol
ProducerJohn Boylan & Little River Band
Little River Band chronology
It's a Long Way There (Greatest Hits)
(1978) 		First Under the Wire
(1979) 		Backstage Pass
(1979)
Singles from First Under the Wire
  1. "Lonesome Loser"
    Released: July 1979
  2. "Cool Change"
    Released: August 1979 (North America only)
  3. "It's Not a Wonder"
    Released: October 1979

First Under the Wire is the fifth studio album by Australian group Little River Band, released in July 1979 by Capitol Records. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[2] and at No. 10 on the Billboard 200, becoming the group's highest-charting album in that territory.[3] The album included two top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits in "Lonesome Loser" and "Cool Change".[4]

  1. ^ Graeham Goble (2008). "All releases by Little River Band". graehamgoble.com. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. p. 179. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  3. ^ - First Under the Wire – Little River Band Awards, Allmusic
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2000). Top Pop Singles 1955-1999. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, Inc. p. 382. ISBN 0-89820-140-3.