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Colin Hay - Man @ Work (2003) U.S. Original Pressing

Date: 28 Jan 2013 08:27:44

Man @ Work is the eighth solo album by former Men at Work lead singer Colin Hay. The album is essentially a career-retrospective for Hay and roughly half of the songs on this album are Hay's solo studio renderings of works from the Men at Work catalog, while several others are remixes or re-recordings of material from his solo albums. Some songs are almost identical to the original recordings (e.g. "Be Good Johnny") while others are complete reinterpretations (e.g. acoustic versions of "Down Under" and "Who Can It Be Now?"). The album concludes with a version of "Down Under" recorded with the group Wild Clams.

While he'll always be best known as the lead singer for early-'80s MTV darlings Men at Work, Colin Hay has been issuing solo releases on a somewhat regular basis, ever since his former band's disintegration. But for his 2003 release, Man at Work, Hay has decided to take a step back and rework several Men at Work classics. While it's not uncommon for classic rockers to rework their songs (the "unplugged" craze of the '90s, anyone?), the reasoning as to why Hay would issue such a recording now is a bit puzzling. While such acoustic Men at Work tracks as "Overkill" and "Who Can It Be Now?" are quite charming and worth hearing, the pointless re-recordings of "Be Good Johnny" and "It's a Mistake" (which are almost identical to the originals) are pretty darn pointless. Hay's non-Men at Work songs ("Beautiful World," "Waiting for My Real Life to Begin") are worth hearing, but of course, they're not up to the high Business as Usual standards. That said, Hay's voice is still in fine form all these years later, sounding as good as it did during his commercial heyday. Man at Work will only be of interest to the hardest of hardcore Colin Hay fan. Reviewed by Greg Prato allmusic.com

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Track Listing:

01. Beautiful World (Alternate Mix)
02. Down Under (Acoustic Version)
03. Overkill (Acoustic Version)
04. Storm In My Heart (New Recording)
05. Looking For Jack (New Recording)
06. Don't Be Afraid (Previously Unreleased)
07. It's A Mistake (New Recording)
08. Waiting For My Real Life To Begin (Re-release)
09. To Have And To Hold (Previously Unreleased)
10. Who Can It Be Now? (Acoustic Version)
11. Be Good Johnny (New Recording)
12. Love Is Innocent (Previously Unreleased)
13. Down Under (New Recording) (Feat. Cecilia Noël & The Wild Clams)

Album Released: July 22, 2003

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DR9 -0.25 dB -10.25 dB 3:34 02-Down Under (Acoustic Version)
DR11 -0.26 dB -13.18 dB 3:47 03-Overkill (Acoustic Version)
DR9 -0.39 dB -10.59 dB 3:09 04-Storm In My Heart (New Recording)
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