Colin Hay - Man at Work

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May 23, 2016 Sold Date

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Article name: Man at Work
Genre: Pop/Rock Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Compass Number of tracks: 10

Tracklist LP - 1

1. Colin Hay - Beautiful World [Alternative Mix] 2. Colin Hay - Down Under [Acoustic Version] 3. Colin Hay - Love is Innocent [Re-Release] 4. Colin Hay - It's a Mistake [Acoustic Version/New Recording] 5. Colin Hay - Waiting For My Real Life to Begin [Re-Release] 6. Colin Hay - Who Can it Be Now? [Acoustic Version] 7. Colin Hay - Overkill [Acoustic Version] 8. Colin Hay - I Can See it in Your Eyes [Acoustic Version/New Recording] 9. Colin Hay - I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You [Radio Edit] 10. Colin Hay - Down By the Sea [Acoustic Version/New Recording]

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While he'll always be best known as the lead singer for early-'80s MTV darlings Men at Work, Colin Hay has been issuing solo releases on a somewhat regular basis, ever since his former band's disintegration. But for his 2003 release, Man at Work, Hay decided to take a step back and rework several Men at Work classics. While it's not uncommon for classic rockers to rework their songs (the "unplugged" craze of the '90s, anyone?), the reasoning as to why Hay would issue such a recording now is a bit puzzling. While such acoustic Men at Work tracks as "Overkill" and "Who Can It Be Now?" are quite charming and worth hearing, the pointless re-recordings of "Be Good Johnny" and "It's a Mistake" (which are almost identical to the originals) are pretty darn pointless. Hay's non-Men at Work songs ("Beautiful World," "Waiting for My Real Life to Begin") are worth hearing, but of course, they're not up to the high Business as Usual standards. That said, Hay's voice is still in fine form all these years later, sounding as good as it did during his commercial heyday. Man at Work will only be of interest to the hardest of hardcore Colin Hay fan. [Man at Work was also released on LP.] ~ Greg Prato

Greg Prato