Where There's Smoke (The Cruel Sea album)

Where There's Smoke is the sixth and final studio album by Australian indie rock band The Cruel Sea. The album was released in September 2001 and peaked at number 25 the ARIA Charts.

Where There's Smoke
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 2001
Length50:46[1]
LabelPolydor /Universal Music Australia
ProducerMagoo, The Cruel Sea
The Cruel Sea chronology
The Most
(1999)
Where There's Smoke
(2001)
We Don't Work, We Play Music
(2002)
Singles from Where There's Smoke
  1. "A Simple Goodbye"
    Released: 2001
  2. "No Choice"
    Released: 2001

Reception edit

Nell Schofield from ABC said "The Cruel Sea began its life as an experimental instrumental surf band but when Tex Perkins joined in 1989, he brought a whole new image to the group, and a grungy, swamp country sound. The bands' new album Where There's Smoke demonstrates a more laid back sound, written, as it was, on the front porch of Perkins' rural retreat near Mullumbimby."[2] Mark Fraser from Red Back Rock called the album "as laid back as it gets." Fraser said "The fact that there was no pressure involved in the making of this album is evident from go to woe, as each lazy journey just peels off ever so effortlessly."[3]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."The Man With the Horn"3:45
2."No Choice"4:00
3."Daylight"3:45
4."I Don't Worry Anymore"3:55
5."There's a Chicken in the House"3:09
6."A Simple Goodbye"3:36
7."She Got Soul"4:37
8."Like I Like It"2:54
9."Cocaine"3:49
10."Slo Down"4:06
11."It Won't Last"3:17
12."Million $ Ho"3:36
13."Coming for You"4:54
14."The Floater"1:39

Charts edit

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 25

Release history edit

Country Date Format Label Catalogue
Australia September 2001 CD Polydor Records / Universal Music Australia 0147962

References edit

  1. ^ "Where There's Smoke by The Cruel Sea". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Arts Today: The Cruel Sea". ABC. September 2001. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  3. ^ "The Cruel Sea-Where There's Smoke". Red Back Rock. April 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Australiancharts.com – The Cruel Sea – Where There's Smoke". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 January 2019.