Sons of Beaches

Sons of Beaches
Studio album by
Australian Crawl
ReleasedJuly 1982
RecordedMarch–May 1982
StudioSea West, Hawaii and United Western, Hollywood and Music Farm Coorabel Byron Bay Australia
GenreRock
Length47:44
LabelEMI
ProducerMike Chapman
Australian Crawl chronology
Sirocco
(1981) 		Sons of Beaches
(1982) 		Semantics
(1983)
Singles from Sons of Beaches
  1. "Shut Down"
    Released: June 1982
  2. "Daughters of the Northern Coast"
    Released: August 1982
  3. "Runaway Girls" / "Santa Claus is Back in Town"
    Released: December 1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Sons of Beaches is the third studio album from Australian rock band Australian Crawl,[2] released in July 1982. It became the band's second #1 in the Australian albums charts (for 5 weeks).[3] The album was recorded in Hawaii with ex-pat Mike Chapman, who had also produced Blondie and The Knack.[4]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan; Draper, Oliver; McDonough, Bill. "Australian Crawl". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: 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.
  4. ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop (doc). Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Retrieved 10 April 2008.