Short Note
| Short Note | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by | |
| Released | February 1981 |
| Recorded | 1980 at Paradise Studios, Sydney, Australia |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 38:20 |
| Label | Giant Recording Company, CBS |
| Producer | Peter Dawkins |
| Matt Finish chronology | |
Short Note is the debut album and title track by Australian band Matt Finish, released in January 1981.
The album Short Note peaked at #14 in the Australian albums charts.[1] The title song peaked at #18. It was recorded by Wendy Matthews and appeared on her 2004 album Café Naturale , featured in Triple M’s Best Songs of the Eighties poll in 2005, in the 2007 Australian feature film The Final Winter , and on numerous compilation albums including Rajon Music Group's Australian Made Volume 2 (2001),[2] ScreenSound's Running In The Shadows (2004)[3] and Sony BMG's The Essential Australian series (2008).
A new version of Short Note appears on Matt Finish's 2008 anthology album 1978-2008.
The cover was designed by Eric Gradman.
Track listing
[edit ](All songs by Matt Moffitt except where noted)
- "Look At Me" (Matt Moffitt, Rick Grossman)
- "Hanging On"
- "Short Note"
- "Layman's Day"
- "Forecast"
- "Hot Cover" (Moffitt, R. Grossman, J. Clayton, J. Prior)
- "Mancini Shuffle"
- "Younger Days"
- "Respectable"
- "You Get So"
Charts
[edit ]| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 18 |
Personnel
[edit ]- Matt Moffitt – lead vocals, lead guitar
- Jeff Clayton – guitar, backup vocals
- Rick Grossman – bass guitar
- John Prior – drums
- Don Walker – piano ("Younger Days")
References
[edit ]- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 . St Ives: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until Australian Recording Industry Association created its own charts in mid-1988.
- ^ Australian music in Trove – Trove
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 195. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
