James Reyne

James Reyne released his new studio album Every Man A King in May 2007, followed by an accoustic album Ghost Ships later that year. James came to recognition to the Australian public as lead singer of classic Australian band Australian Crawl. They had a number of hits including "Reckless", "Boys Light Up" and "Beautiful People". After the band split in 1986, James spent some time in the United States and Europe, returning to Australia in 1988. His first solo album, "JAMES REYNE" went triple platinum and included three top 10 singles: "Fall Of Rome", "Hammerhead" and "Motors Too Fast". In the following years James released two more solo albums, "HARD REYNE" (1989) and "ELECTRIC DIGGER DANDY"(1991), which effortlessly mirrored the success of the first. James joined country music star James Blundell and recorded the classic Dingoes song "WAY OUT WEST" which exploded into the number 1 position on the Australian charts in 1992. He next joined Daryl Braithwaite, Jef Scott and Simon Hussey on the very successful album "THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS" in 1993 which included the top 40 hits "Motor City" and "Sweet Love". James then returned to Los Angeles to record with renowned producer Stewart Levine, arriving back in 1995 with the critically acclaimed CD "THE WHIFF OF BEDLAM". In 1999 James recorded and released the CD "DESIGN FOR LIVING" with friends and brothers Scott and Brett Kingman. Arguably the most critically applauded album of his career, it further cemented his position as a unique, witty, thoughtful and challenging songwriter and singer. Throughout his career James has appeared in several and varied theatrical, film and television productions and concert events, the more visible of these including "Return To Eden", "Tina; What's Love Got To Do With It?", television drama "State Coroner" and "The Little Shop Of Horrors". 2004 saw the completion of "Speedboats For Breakfast", released on Liberation Records followed in 2005 with the accoustic …"AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON"" which allowed James to revisit many of the above titles with little more than a lone acoustic guitar underpinning the most distinctive voice of his generation 2007 sees the release of James latest album. "EVERY MAN A KING" closes a 30-year circle since James first led Australian Crawl into the front line of the Oz rock boom. His eye and pen grew sharper through a platinum-lined solo career, but never have his wit and poignancy been on more consistently solid musical ground than they are here, on his eighth solo album

Tags