All Souls Alive

All Souls Alive
Studio album by The Blackeyed Susans
Released	December 1993 29 April 1994 July 1994
Recorded	Fortissimo Studios, Melbourne July 1993
Genre	Rock / Folk rock
Length	43:30
Label	Torn and Frayed/Shock Frontier
Producer	Phil Kakulas
The Blackeyed Susans chronology
Welcome Stranger (1992) All Souls Alive (1993) Hard Liquor, Soft Music (1994)

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All Souls Alive is the second studio album by The Blackeyed Susans, released in December 1993 on the independent record label, Torn and Frayed, and distributed by Shock Records.^[2][3]

The album features ten tracks, eight penned by Phil Kakulas and David McComb,^[4] as well as the Leonard Cohen/Phil Spector classic "Memories" and a version of the Johnny Paycheck song "Apartment No 9".

All Souls Alive was released in America on Frontier Records in April 1994.^[5] The album was also released in the UK, Greece, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Holland, Italy and Sweden in July 1994. The album got great reviews in the UK press and airplay on Radio One.^[6]

Two singles lifted off the album were released in Australia in July 1994, "Dirty Water" and "This One Eats Souls".

Graham Lee said of the album, "You couldn't describe it as a sunny record, I don't think anyone would've been expecting that. But there's a willingness to experiment."^[7]

Track listing

All written tracks by Phil Kakulas and David McComb unless otherwise indicated.^[4]

1. A Curse On You (Phil Kakulas, David McComb, Graham Lee)^[4] – 3:34
2. We Could’ve Been Someone – 4:21
3. Every Gentle Soul (David McComb, Will Akers)^[4] – 3:31
4. Memories (Leonard Cohen, Phil Spector)^[4] – 6:01
5. Sheets Of Rain (Phil Kakulas)^[4] – 3:30
6. Reveal Yourself – 4:15
7. I Can See Now – 3:58
8. Apartment No. 9 (Johnny Paycheck, R. Austin)^[4] – 2:52
9. Dirty Water (Phil Kakulas, P. Van Zalm)^[4] – 4:48
10. This One Eats Souls – 6:33

Personnel

• Rob Snarski – vocals, backing vocals, tambourine, acoustic guitar, guiro
• Phil Kakulas – double bass, electric bass, fuzz bass, piano, towbar, jingle bells, cabosa, cymbals, backing vocals, sound effects, TV
• Graham Lee – pedal steel, lap steel, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, autoharp, backing vocals, heavy breathing
• Warren Ellis – violin, Korg organ, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, cheesy organ, accordion, piano, harpsichord
• David McComb – vocals (on "Memories"), electric guitar, cheesy organ
• Jim White – drums
• Marko Halstead – mandolin, backing vocals
• Andy Parsons – Grampian Ambiophonic Unit Type 666, harpsichord
• Metronome – metronome

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "All Souls Alive". Australian Music Online. Archived from the original on September 8, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
3. "AIR database : Blackeyed Susans". Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR). Retrieved 2008-05-01.
4. "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
5. "Blackeyed Susans Discography". Australian Rock Database. Magnus Holmgren. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
6. "Songwriters: Blackeyed Susans, The". Mushroom Music. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
7. Brett Woodward. "The Art of Cool". Australian Rolling Stone. Sydney, NSW: Tilmond Pty Ltd (March 1994): pg28.