Semantics (album)
Semantics was a 1983 EP by Australian surf rock band Australian Crawl. The album marked a change in the line-up of the band as Bill McDonough (drums) was replaced first by Graham Bidstrup (ex-The Angels, The Party Boys with Crawl member James Reyne) to record the EP. The more permanent replacement, after the EP, was John Watson (Kevin Borich Express).
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1983 Australian EP release by EMI | ||||
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| Released | 19 September 1983 | |||
| Studio | Rhinoceros Studios (Sydney) AAV studios (Melbourne) | |||
| Genre | Surf rock | |||
| Length | 17:53 (EP) 44:09 (LP) | |||
| Label | EMI Australia (Australia) Geffen (U.S.) | |||
| Producer | Mark Opitz | |||
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1984 UK release (Geffen Records) | ||||
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The EP contains their best known song and only number 1 single, "Reckless (Don't Be So)" (aka "She Don't Like That") which was written by lead singer Reyne. Listeners of Triple M voted "Reckless" the 39th best song of all time in 2007, it was the highest placed Australian Crawl song.
In North America, Europe, Japan and South Africa Semantics was released in 1984 by Geffen Records as an expanded version LP featuring the EP's four original tracks plus re-recorded versions of six earlier Australian Crawl songs. The original EP was also re-released as a CD-EP in 1996.
Australian Crawl performed "Reckless" as one of their three songs for the Oz for Africa concert (1985). This was the Australian leg of the global Live Aid show organised by Midge Ure and Bob Geldof. The "Oz for Africa" concert was broadcast on MTV, but only performances by Australian band INXS were placed on the 20th Anniversary DVD collection.