''Hard Reyne'' is the second solo album by Australian singer/songwriter

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. It was released in May 1989 and peaked at number 7 on the

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. The album produced four singles, "

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", "Trouble in Paradise" and "Harvest Moon".

Review

Tomas Mureika of

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said; "Further collaboration with Simon Hussey finds Reyne treading water to some degree, trying to replicate the success of his debut, while lacking the fury and energy that made that album so utterly compelling. "One More River" and "Wake Up Deadman" share a more traditionally bluesy feel, while "House Of Cards" tries to echo the intensity of earlier classics. A mellower, less surprising effort. ''Hard Reyne'' is not a bad album by any means, there is just nothing here to render it great."

Track listing

" (James Reyne, Simon Hussey) – 4:26 #"Rumour" (Reyne, Hussey) – 3:32 #"No Such Thing as Love" (Reyne, Hussey) – 4:32 #"

" (Reyne) – 4:01 #"Shine On" (Reyne, Hussey) – 5:39 #"Harvest Moon" (Reyne, Hussey) – 4:14 #"Lamp of Heaven" (Reyne, Hussey) – 3:19 #"Drifting Away (Confusion of Slow Novas)" (Reyne, Hussey) – 3:37 #"Trouble in Paradise" (Reyne, Mark Grieg) – 4:08 #"Five Miles Closer to the Sun" (Reyne, Hussey) – 4:37 #"Wake Up Dead Man" (Reyne, Hussey) – 3:43

Personnel

* Judy Cheeks – backing vocals (track 4) * Sony Southon – backing vocals (tracks 5, 7 and 9) * Andy Cichon – bass * John Watson – drums * James Ralston – guitar (tracks: 1 to 5, 9) * Simon Hussey – keyboards, sequencer programming, congas * Ollie Marland – piano (track 6) * Gary Barnacle – saxophone (tracks 1 and 4) * John Thirkell – trumpet (track 1)

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