Girls on the Avenue

Girls on the Avenue
The album title and the artist's name are written near the top. The main part is a black-and-white photo of three women and the artist. He has his right hand over his right eye, while the other eye is closed.
Studio album by
Richard Clapton
ReleasedApril 1975 (1975-04)
StudioFestival Studio 24, Sydney
GenreRock
Length40:02
LabelInfinity/Festival
ProducerRichard Batchens
Richard Clapton chronology
Prussian Blue
(1973) 		Girls on the Avenue
(1975) 		Main Street Jive
(1976)
Singles from Girls on the Avenue
  1. "Travelling Down the Castlereagh"/"Girls on the Avenue"
    Released: January 1975
  2. "Down the Road"
    Released: June 1975

Girls on the Avenue is the second studio album by Australian rock music singer-songwriter, Richard Clapton, which was released in April 1975. It peaked at number 33 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart.[1] The title track reached number 4 on the related Singles Chart.[2] It was originally released as the B-side of "I'm Travelling Down the Castlereagh", after considerable radio play, it was named as the A-side. The album was produced by Richard Batchens who later produced albums for the Australian band Sherbet, and was released on CD in 1990.

At the 1975 Australian Record Awards, the album won Male Vocal Album.[3]

  1. ^ "Richard Clapton – Girls on the Avenue (Album)" at Australian Music Database
  2. ^ "Richard Clapton – 'Travelling Down the Castlereagh' / 'Girls on the Avenue'" at Australian Music Database
  3. ^ "Australian Music Awards" (PDF). Billboard. 29 November 1975. p. 54. Retrieved 12 November 2021 – via World Radio History.