Semantics (album)

Semantics
1983 Australian EP release by EMI
EP by
Australian Crawl
Released19 September 1983[1]
StudioRhinoceros Studios (Sydney)
AAV studios (Melbourne)
GenreSurf rock
Length17:53 (EP)
44:09 (LP)
LabelEMI Australia (Australia)
Geffen (US)
ProducerMark Opitz
Australian Crawl chronology
Sons of Beaches
(1982) 		Semantics
(1983) 		Phalanx
(1983)
Singles from Semantics
  1. "Reckless (Don't Be So)"
    Released: 1983
Semantics
1984 UK release (Geffen Records)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Semantics was a 1983 EP by Australian surf rock band Australian Crawl. The album marked a change in the line-up of the band as Bill McDonough (drums) was replaced first by Graham Bidstrup (ex-The Angels, The Party Boys with Crawl member James Reyne) to record the EP. The more permanent replacement, after the EP, was John Watson (Kevin Borich Express).[3]

The EP contains their best known song and only number 1 single, "Reckless (Don't Be So)"[4] (aka "She Don't Like That") which was written by lead singer Reyne.[5] Listeners of Triple M voted "Reckless" the 39th best song of all time in 2007, it was the highest placed Australian Crawl song.[6]

In North America, Europe, Japan and South Africa Semantics was released in 1984 by Geffen Records as an expanded version LP featuring the EP's four original tracks plus re-recorded versions of six earlier Australian Crawl songs.[3] The original EP was also re-released as a CD-EP in 1996.[7]

Australian Crawl performed "Reckless" as one of their three songs for the Oz for Africa concert (1985). This was the Australian leg of the global Live Aid show organised by Midge Ure and Bob Geldof. The "Oz for Africa" concert was broadcast on MTV, but only performances by Australian band INXS were placed on the 20th Anniversary DVD collection.[8]

  1. ^ "Kent Music Report No 482 – 19 September 1983 > Singles: New Releases". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 27 January 2023 – via Imgur.com.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ a b McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Australian Crawl'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on August 3, 2004. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian singles and albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  5. ^ ""Reckless" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  6. ^ "Triple M's Essential 2007 Countdown". Triple M. Retrieved 10 March 2008.
  7. ^ Axel Husfeldt, ed. (9 July 1999). "INTEPAGE\Australian Crawl & James Reyne". Zentrum Mensch-Maschine-Systeme. Archived from the original on 29 July 2003. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  8. ^ "Oz For Africa". liveaid.free.fr. Retrieved 10 March 2008.