''The Final Wave'' is the second live album released by Australian rock band

Australian Crawl Australian Crawl (often called Aussie Crawl or The Crawl by fans) were an Australian rock band founded by James Reyne (lead vocals/piano/harmonica), Brad Robinson (rhythm guitar), Paul Williams ( bass), Simon Binks (lead guitar) and David ...

. It is a recording of the band's final Melbourne concert on 27 January 1986. The album reached #16 on the Australian album charts upon its release. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until

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created their own

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in mid-1988. The album cover features a copy of

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ese artist

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's best known

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The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a woodblock print by Japanese ''ukiyo-e'' artist Hokusai, created in late 1831 during the Edo period of Japanese history. The print depicts three boats moving through a storm-tossed sea, with a large, cresting wave forming a spiral in t ...

. It was first published in 1832 (

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) and is Hokusai's most famous work. It depicts an enormous

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threatening boats near the

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;

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can be seen in the background. The wave is probably not intended to be a

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, but a normal ocean wave created by the wind.

Track listing

# " Beautiful People" (

James Reyne James Michael Nugent Reyne Order of Australia, OAM (born 19 May 1957) is an Australian musician. He achieved fame as the lead singer of Australian Crawl, and subsequently went on to a successful solo career. Biography Early years Reyne was born ...

, Mark Hudson) – 3:37 # "Unpublished Critics" (Reyne, Paul Williams) – 5:46 # "Lakeside" (Reyne) – 4:25 # "Love (Beats Me Up)" (Reyne) – 4:39 # "White Limbo" (

Simon Binks Simon John Binks (born 27 November 1956,) is an Australian rock musician who was a guitarist and singer-songwriter for Australian Crawl from founding in 1978 to disbanding in 1986. Biography Early career Binks was raised in the Mornington Peni ...

) – 3:27 # "Two Can Play" (

Simon Hussey Simon Cyril Hussey (born 7 July 1960) is an Australian multi-instrumentalist, songwriter-arranger, record producer and audio engineer. In 1984 he formed Cats Under Pressure on keyboards with David Reyne (ex-Australian Crawl) on vocals and Mark G ...

, Reyne) – 2:35 # " Errol" (

Guy McDonough Guy Gillis McDonough (17 October 1955 – 26 June 1984) was an Australian rock musician best known for rhythm guitar and singer-songwriter with the iconic band Australian Crawl. He provided rhythm guitar and lead vocals on two of their well-know ...

, Reyne) – 3:18 # "

Downhearted "Downhearted" is the third single released by Australian surf rock band Australian Crawl from their debut album '' The Boys Light Up''. The song was written by Sean Higgins, Guy McDonough and Bill McDonough. All three songwriters had been bandmat ...

" (Sean Higgins, G McDonough, William 'Bill' McDonough) – 4:44 # "Daughters of the Northern Coast" (G McDonough, Reyne) – 3:31 # "

The Boys Light Up ''The Boys Light Up'' is the debut album from Australian pub rock band Australian Crawl, which was released in 1980 and contains the title track, " The Boys Light Up", "Indisposed", "Downhearted" and their previously released debut single " Beau ...

" (Reyne) – 4:13 # "Indisposed" ( Brad Robinson, James Robinson, James Reyne, W McDonough) – 3:04 # "Things Don't Seem" (G McDonough, Higgins) – 3:01 # "Reckless (Don't Be So)" (Reyne) – 5:14 # "(The Last)

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" ( Richard Berry) – 5:17 Songwriting credits from

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(APRA).

Personnel

Credits: * Mark Greig – guitar, vocals * John Watson – drums *

– guitar, vocals *

Harry Brus Harry Brus (born April 1949, in Graz, Austria) is an Australian bass player and guitarist, best known for his work with Matt Finish, Kevin Borich, Renée Geyer, Australian Crawl, Leo Sayer, Marcia Hines, Jimmy Barnes, Ross Wilson and Billy Thor ...

– bass, vocals * Brad Robinson – guitars, keyboards *

– vocals

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Final Wave, The Australian Crawl albums 1986 live albums