''Short Note'' is the debut album and title track by
Australian band
Matt Finish, released in January 1981.
The album ''Short Note'' peaked at #14 in the Australian albums charts.
[ NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ]Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replac ...
created its own charts in mid-1988. The title song peaked at #18. It was recorded by
Wendy Matthews and appeared on her 2004 album ''
Café Naturale'', featured in
Triple M’s ''Best Songs of the Eighties'' poll in 2005, in the 2007 Australian feature film ''
The Final Winter'', and on numerous compilation albums including Rajon Music Group's ''Australian Made Volume 2'' (2001),
ScreenSound's ''Running In The Shadows'' (2004)
and
Sony BMG
Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyou ...
's ''The Essential Australian'' series (2008).
A new version of ''Short Note'' appears on Matt Finish's 2008 anthology album ''1978-2008''.
The cover was designed by Eric Gradman.
Track listing
(All songs by
Matt Moffitt except where noted)
# "Look At Me" (Matt Moffitt, Rick Grossman)
# "Hanging On"
# "Short Note"
# "Layman's Day"
# "Forecast"
# "Hot Cover" (Moffitt, R. Grossman, J. Clayton, J. Prior)
# "Mancini Shuffle"
# "Younger Days"
# "Respectable"
# "You Get So"
Charts
Personnel
*
Matt Moffitt – lead vocals, lead guitar
* Jeff Clayton – guitar, backup vocals
*
Rick Grossman – bass guitar
*
John Prior – drums
*
Don Walker – piano ("Younger Days")
References
1981 debut albums
Matt Finish albums
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