''Petrolhead'' is the third

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by Australian musician

Ian Moss Ian Richard Moss (born 20 March 1955) is an Australian rock musician from Alice Springs. He is the founding mainstay guitarist and occasional singer of Cold Chisel. In that group's initial eleven year phase from 1973 to 1984, Moss was recorded ...

. The album was a departure from Ian's previous albums with Moss saying “it was a conscious decision to get back to something I was always happy doing. The result is tough, ballsy blues meets rock...plenty of heart, alive and kicking.”

Reception

Australian musicologist

Ian McFarlane Ian McFarlane (born 1959) is an Australian music journalist, music historian and author, whose best known publication is the ''Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop'' (1999), which was updated for a second edition in 2017. As a journalist ...

declared it was "his best-ever album ... ya down'n'dirty blues-rock outfit ... with gritty, hard-edged tracks ... ndfinely honed guitar work". ''

The Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuous ...

'' said, "The irony of ''Petrolhead'' is while many of the songs seem forgettable on first listen, they are annoyingly difficult to forget. Just about everything is unoriginal, but is also done with enthusiasm and guitars turned up to 11."

Track listing

Personnel

*Ian Moss - Vocals, Guitar *Ian Rilen - Bass * Paul DeMarco - Drums *Don Walker - Keyboards, Producer *Trent Williamson - Harmonica *Shauna Jensen - Backing Vocals *Maggie McKinney - Backing Vocals *Jerome Smith - Backing Vocals

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1996 albums Ian Moss albums