Cat. No. 2894: MEN AT WORK ~ CONTRABAND: THE BEST OF MEN AT WORK. COLUMBIA / LEGACY 19075866842.
THE AUSTRALIAN ROCK BAND MEN AT WORK WITH FOUNDING MEMBER AND FRONTMAN COLIN HAY ARE BEST KNOWN FOR BREAK-THROUGH HITS SUCH AS "DOWN UNDER", "WHO CAN IT BE NOW?", "BE GOOD JOHNNY", "OVERKILL" AND "IT'S A MISTAKE". NO AUSTRALIAN WILL EVER FORGET THE EUPHORIA SWEEPING THE COUNTRY WHEN AUSTRALIA 11 DEFEATED THE USA IN SEPTEMBER 1983 FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP YACHT RACE AND THE YACHT RETURNED TO DOCK WITH THE SONG "DOWN UNDER" BLARING IN THE BACKGROUND.
MEN AT WORK WERE THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS TO HAVE SIMULTANEOUS No. 1 ALBUM AND No. 1 SINGLE ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS: "BUSINESS AS USUAL" (RELEASED ON 9 NOVEMBER 1981) AND "DOWN UNDER" (1981), RESPECTIVELY. WITH THE SAME WORKS THEY ACHIEVED THE DISTINCTION OF A SIMULTANEOUS No. 1 ALBUM AND No. 1 SINGLE ON THE AUSTRALIAN, NEW ZEALAND AND UNITED KINGDOM CHARTS. THEIR SECOND ALBUM "CARGO" 92 MAY 1983) REACHED No.1 IN AUSTRALIA, No. 2 IN NEW ZEALAND, No. 3 IN THE USA AND No. 8 IN THE UK. THEIR THIRD ALBUM "TWO HEARTS" (3 APRIL 1985) REACHED THE TOP 20 IN AUSTRALIA AND TOP 50 IN THE USA. THIS CD COMPRISES TRACKS LIFTED FROM THOSE ALBUMS AND IS A TRUE LEGACY TO A GREAT AUSTRALIAN BAND. BRILLIANT *****
TRACK LISTING: Who Can It Be Now / Down Under / It's A Mistake / Hard Luck Story / Still Life / Underground / Upstairs In My House / I Like To (live)* / High Wire / Maria / Be Good Johnny / Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive / Overkill / Man With Two Hearts / Snakes And Ladders / Down By The Sea. *Previously unreleased on CD.
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