Eurogliders --This Isand {FP}

This Island is the second studio album by Australian rock band Eurogliders, and was released in May 1984 on Columbia Records. It peaked at #4 on the Australian Kent Music Report albums chart, it spawned their #2 hit single, "Heaven (Must Be There)".

The album appeared on the United States Billboard 200 albums chart; "Heaven" also received significant airplay and peaked at #21 on the Mainstream Rock chart and appeared on the Hot 100.

Background information
Origin Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Genres Post-punk, new wave, indie pop, pop rock
Years active 1980–1989, 2005–2007, 2013-Present
Labels CBS, Mercury, Polygram, Universal, MGM, Sony, Columbia, Deluxe


Guitarist and singer, Bernie Lynch and his domestic partner, UK-born vocalist, Grace Knight, formed Eurogliders during 1980 in Perth, Western Australia with Crispin Akerman on guitar, Don Meharry on bass guitar, Guy Slingerland on drums and Amanda Vincent on keyboards. By the end of 1981, drummer John Bennetts replaced Slingerland. They were signed by manager, Brian Peacock, to their first recording and publishing contracts with Polygram. They recruited Melbourne bass player Geoff Rosenberg to replace Meharry.

In late 1981, Eurogliders travelled to the Philippines capital of Manila, to start recording their first album, Pink Suit Blue Day, produced by Englishman Lem Lubin, which did not peak into the top 50 of the Australian Kent Music Report albums chart. From Manila, they relocated to Sydney where several tracks were re-recorded and the entire album was remixed. They released their first single in June, "Without You", which peaked into the top 40 on the Kent Music Report singles chart. A follow-up single, "Laughing Matter" in September did not chart into the top 50.

Eurogliders changed record labels from Polygram to CBS in 1983, they recorded "No Action" which was released as a single. The band replaced bass guitarist, Rosenberg, with Scott Saunders and then travelled to the UK in July. While there, they replaced Sauders with bass guitarist Ron Francois, formerly of The Teardrop Explodes and Lene Lovich. With this line-up they recorded This Island, produced by Nigel Gray (also worked with the Police) which was released in May 1984 and peaked at #4 on the Australian albums chart. The single, "Heaven (Must Be There)", also released in May, reached #2 on the Australian singles charts, and #65 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and #21 on its Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The album peaked at #140 on the Billboard 200 chart.

All songs written and composed by Bernie Lynch.
This Island
No. Title Length
1. "Heaven (Must Be There)" 3:43
2. "Someone" 3:38
3. "No Action" 3:25
4. "Never Say" 3:35
5. "Maybe Only I Dream" 3:17
6. "Cold Comfort" 3:35
7. "Another Day in the Big World" 3:02
8. "Keep it Quiet" 2:52
9. "Nothing to Say" 3:42
10. "Judy's World" 3:53
11. "Waiting for You" 4:25
12. "It's the Way" 3:33

Eurogliders

Crispin Akerman — guitar
John Bennetts — drums, percussion, cymbals
Ron Francois — synthesiser, bass guitar, backing vocals
Grace Knight — vocals, tenor saxophone, keyboards
Bernie Lynch — vocals, synthesiser
Geoff Rosenberg — bass guitar on "No Action"
Amanda Vincent — synthesiser, keyboards, glockenspiel