An integral piece of Australian surf and rock history, ‘Sirocco‘ cemented Australian Crawl‘s legendary status in Australian rock. Featuring the singles ‘Errol’, ‘Oh No Not You Again’ and ‘Things Don’t Seem’, the album was named after actor Errol Flynn’s yacht.
It spent 6 weeks at #1 on the Australian album charts, 8 months in the top 20, and is now accredited 3x Platinum by ARIA.
‘Sirocco’ is single-laden, and flows seamlessly between album tracks and hits. Despite Crawl’s history as a laid-back surf band from the Mornington Peninsula, this record strikes listeners as a more polished and complete collection of tracks than their breakthrough record, ‘The Boys Light Up’.
Sirocco was also the first Crawl album to feature Guy McDonough – drummer Bill McDonough’s brother – who had a tremendous influence on the band’s more polished sound and domestic commercial success. Sirocco is filled with classic guitar pop and bravado, and highlights Crawl’s ability to combine breezy tunes while hinting at darker subtexts.
Crawl drummer and Guy’s brother, Bill McDonough, said that; “Guy already contributed to the hit song Downhearted to our first album. It was great to have Guy in the line-up on Sirocco – he brought that extra something to the band”
“James had written stellar songs for The Boys Light Up, but to come up with another batch of hit songs so quickly put him under enormous pressure. Guy jumped in, co-writing 5 tracks for the album and singing lead vocals on Errol, Oh No Not You Again and Resort Girls. I remember him playing Errol to me for the first time, sitting on his bed at his Mornington Peninsula cottage. He had just finished reading Errol Flynn’s autobiography My Wicked, Wicked Ways”.
To mark the 40th Anniversary, the album is being reissued on limited-edition clear 180-gram vinyl and housed in its original sleeve. GRAB THE RECORD HERE.
