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aussie people be like: 'oi cunt, you mates got any ciggies?
Honestly kinda surprised a radio friendly album from the 80s could have THIS much quality within the tracklisting. I mean, of course I heard the 2 biggest songs on here "Who Can It Be Now?" and "Down Under", both of which are fucking amazing and deserve every play on the radio they got, but then you have the lesser known deep cuts on here, which are honestly great as well, although not as great as the 2 big boys, ... read more
7Hit Days:
Damn, that's a fun album. Like obviously this is the funny "ha ha Australian" album but I feel there's more to this then just funy "saxophone and Vegamite song." I think this is the perfect combination of 80s New Wave tropes that were festering out in the UK and finally reaching a peak here. Expecially stuff like XTC and The The, it all gets filtered through this Pop and Ska sound and BOOM! ISSA CLASSIC!
I'm a sucker for some brass and this album being 80% ... read more
Original Outdated Review:
"Business as Usual by Men At Work is a relatively mainstream Australian pop rock record containing the band's most famous hits, these being: "Down Under" and "Who Can It Be Now?" Although I believe these two be the two best tracks on this album, that doesn't mean that the other songs aren't great as well. Truthfully, I was quite surprised, especially with the first 4 tracks. These tracks set up a great first impression, but were unfortunately ... read more
Really great start! The first 3 songs are some of the best New Wave of the 80s, especially Who Can It Be Now? However, the album just devolves into mediorocrity, probably because they couldn't live up to the greatness of those first 3 tracks and probably why nobody knows them except for those songs.
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Track List
| 1 | Who Can It Be Now? 3:21 | 94 |
| 2 | I Can See It in Your Eyes 3:29 | 92 |
| 3 | Down Under 3:42 | 96 |
| 4 | Underground 3:03 | 83 |
| 5 | Helpless Automaton 3:21 | 83 |
| 6 | People Just Love to Play with Words 3:29 | 79 |
| 7 | Be Good Johnny 3:35 | 78 |
| 8 | Touching the Untouchables 3:39 | 71 |
| 9 | Catch a Star 3:28 | 70 |
| 10 | Down By the Sea 6:53 | 66 |
Total Length: 38 minutes
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Added on: April 2, 2016