''Falling Swinger'' is the seventh studio album by Australian singer-songwriter
Stephen Cummings
Stephen Donald Cummings (born 13 September 1954) is an Australian rock singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of Melbourne-based rock band the Sports from 1976 to 1981, followed by a solo career which has met with critical acclaim but h ...
. The album was released in August 1994.
The album was listed in ''
Rolling Stone Australia
''Rolling Stone Australia'' is the Australian edition of the United States' ''Rolling Stone'' magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture, published monthly. The Australian version of ''Rolling Stone'' was initially published in 197 ...
's'' list of "100 Essential Australian albums".
Reception
Shaun Carney from ''Rolling Stone Australia'' gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, saying that "Cummings has, during the past 10 years, made several truly great, if underappreciated, albums. This could well be his best.", adding "Without doubt, the album, produced by Steve Kilbey, is a bold departure for
ummings Kilbey appears to have viewed Cummings' talent as being something potentially lighter than air and has loosened the performer's moorings. This has enabled Cummings to drift upwards, into a world of soundscapes, transforming his approach to songs and singing and allowing him to finally shuck off the last discernible traces of his influences. ''Falling Swinger'' sees Cummings as a man liberated from his time and his age."
Jon Casimir from the ''
Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in ...
'' said that "This is the best album Stephen Cummings has ever made. It's also the best local album of 1994. ''Falling Swinger'' is a drifting, dreamy travelogue, a collection of carefully realised, intoxicating visions", adding that "Produced by
The Church's Steve Kilbey, it displays a revitalised, refocused and realigned Cummings, bursting with creativity."
Toby Creswell from ''Juice'' magazine said that "the tunes range from raw confessions to cooked commercial pop ... sublime, Cummings at his best".
Track listing
Release history
References
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1994 albums
Stephen Cummings albums
Polydor Records albums