Welcome Stranger (album)

Welcome Stranger
Studio album by The Blackeyed Susans
Released	August, 1992
Recorded	Perth – March, 1989 Sydney – March, 1991 London – 1990
Genre	Rock / Folk rock
Length	54:42
Label	Waterfront Records
Producer	James Hewgill and The Blackeyed Susans (1-4) Phillip Kakulas and The Blackeyed Susans (5-8 & 15) David McComb (9-14)
The Blackeyed Susans chronology
Depends on What You Mean By Love (1991) Welcome Stranger (1992) All Souls Alive (1993)

Welcome Stranger is the debut studio album by The Blackeyed Susans. Released in August, 1992, the album is a compilation of their first three EPs – Some Births Are Worse Than Murders, Anchor Me and …Depends On What You Mean By Love – with the addition of three tracks recorded at the same time as the material released on those EPs.

Track listing

1. "Don’t Call Yourself An Angel" (McComb, Kakulas) – 3:14
2. "Enemy Mine" (McComb, Kakulas) – 4:07
3. "Viva Las Vegas" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 5:10
4. "Cripple Creek" (Traditional/Kakulas) – 4:47
5. "Glory Glory" (Kakulas) – 4:03
6. "Anchor Me" (Snarski) – 2:43
7. "Who’s That By The Window?" (Kakulas) – 2:50
8. "Trouble" (Kakulas, Rollinson) – 4:13
9. "Ocean of You" (McComb) – 3:33
10. "Close Watch" (John Cale) – 2:59
11. "Will’s Blues" (Akers) – 3:22
12. "Spanish Is The Loving Tongue" (Traditional) – 2:59
13. "Who’s Loving You" (Robinson) – 3:08
14. "It Hurts Me" (Byers, Daniels)/"Prisoner of Love" (Robin, Columbo, Gaskill) – 3:42
15. "In The Pines" (McComb) – 3:44

Personnel

Tracks 1–4

• David McComb – vocals, guitar, percussion
• Rob Snarski – vocals, guitar
• Phil Kakulas – double bass, electric bass, bazouki, guitar, backing vocals, percussion
• Alsy MacDonald – drums, percussion
• Ross Bolleter – hammond organ, piano, piano organ
• William Akers – backing vocals

Tracks 5–8 and 15

• Rob Snarski – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Kathryn Wemyss – vocals, trumpet, castanets
• Phillip Kakulas – double bass
• Timothy Rollinson – electric guitar
• Kenny Davis Junior – piano, piano accordion
• James Cruikshank – organ
• Graham Lee – pedal steel
• Mark Dawson – percussion

Tracks 9–14

• Rob Snarski – vocals
• Kenny Davis Junior – keyboards, piano accordion, samples
• David McComb – keyboards, bass, electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
• Joanne Alach – backing vocals

External links

http://www.allmusic.com/album/r874973