Days of Innocence

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Days of Innocence
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Studio album by
Moving Pictures
Released1981 (Australia)
1982 (USA)
RecordedMusic Farm Studios at Byron Bay
GenreRock, New Wave, post-punk
Length43:13
LabelNetwork
Wheatley Records
Epic Records
ProducerCharles Fisher
Moving Pictures chronology
Days of Innocence
(1981)
(1983)
Singles from Days of Innocence
  1. "Bustin' Loose"
    Released: October 1981
  2. "What About Me"
    Released: January 1982
  3. "Sweet Cherie"
    Released: May 1982
  4. "Winners"
    Released: October 1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]

Days of Innocence is the debut album released by Australian band Moving Pictures in 1981. It spent 7 weeks at the top of the Australian Album charts in 1982[2] and was certified 3x Platinum.[3] It spawned the 1982 number one single in Australia "What About Me".

The album was the fourth most popular album of 1982 in the band's native Australia, after Men at Work's Business as Usual, The Human League's Dare, and the soundtrack to Chariots of Fire. The album features their biggest hit, "What About Me", which was the second biggest hit of 1982 in Australia, after Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger". Moving Pictures' hit won 'Best Single' at the 1982 Countdown Music Awards.[4] In the U.S., "What About Me" was a top 30 hit during its lengthy first Hot 100 chart run in 1982, and narrowly missed hitting the top 40 a second time upon its re-release in 1989. A greatest hits album by the band is based entirely on Days of Innocence, plus new songs by Moving Pictures.

Track listing[]

  1. "Nothing to Do" (Alex Smith, Garry Frost) - 3:28
  2. "What About Me" (Garry Frost, Frances Swan Frost) - 3:32
  3. "Round Again" (A. Smith, G. Frost) - 4:06
  4. "Bustin' Loose" (A. Smith) - 4:37
  5. "Wings" (A. Smith) - 4:53
  6. "The Angel and the Madman" (A. Smith, Charlie Cole, G. Frost) - 4:28
  7. "Sweet Cherie" (A. Smith, C. Cole, G. Frost) - 3:38
  8. "So Tired" (A. Smith) - 4:03
  9. "Joni and the Romeo" (A. Smith) - 3:31
  10. "Streetheart" (A. Smith, Ian Lees, C. Cole, Andrew Thompson, G. Frost, Paul Freeland) - 7:01

Musicians[]

Charts[]

Year Chart Position
1982 Australian Kent Music Report[5] 1
1982 US Billboard 200 101

References[]

  1. ^ "Days Of Innocence - Moving Pictures". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  2. ^ Days Of Innocence - Moving Pictures at Australian Music Database
  3. ^ "Moving Pictures back on stage to mark 35 years of their big hit". Daily Telegraph. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  4. ^ Swift, Brendan. "Moving Pictures > Biography". allmusic. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1981). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 94. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
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