Men At Work – Business As Usual

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Label:	CBS – 85423, CBS – CBS 85423
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:	Europe
Released:	1981
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Pop Rock, New Wave

Tracklist

A1	Who Can It Be Now? Lyrics By, Music By – Colin Hay	3:22
A2	I Can See It In Your Eyes Lyrics By, Music By – Colin Hay	3:30
A3	Down Under Lyrics By – Colin Hay Music By – Hay, Strykert	3:44
A4	Underground Lyrics By, Music By – Colin Hay	3:05
A5	Helpless Automaton Lyrics By, Music By – Greg Ham	3:23
B1	People Just Love To Play With Words Lyrics By, Music By – Ron Strykert	3:40
B2	Be Good Johnny Lyrics By – Colin Hay Music By – Colin Hay, Greg Ham	3:38
B3	Touching The Untouchables Lyrics By – Colin Hay, Ron Strykert Music By – Ron Strykert	3:40
B4	Catch A Star Lyrics By, Music By – Colin Hay	3:29
B5	Down By The Sea Lyrics By – Colin Hay Music By – Hay, Ham, Speiser, Strykert	6:57

Companies, etc.

Record Company – CBS Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Records Australia Limited
Copyright © – CBS Records Australia Limited
Copyright © – April Music Pty. Ltd.
Published By – April Music Pty. Ltd.
Recorded By – CBS Records Australia Limited
Recorded At – Richmond Recorders
Pressed By – CBS, Haarlem – 01-85423

Credits

Bass, Vocals – John Rees (2)
Crew [Boss] – Charlie Colcheedas
Crew [Equipment] – Tony Hunt (3)
Crew [Lights & Design] – Ian Gilmour
Crew [Lights] – Darryl Petzke
Crew [Sound] – Greg Gaunt
Crew [Unsound] – Bruce Penberthy
Drums, Vocals – Jerry Speiser
Engineer [Additional Engineering] – Paul Ray (3)
Engineer [Engineered By] – Jim Barbour, Peter McIan
Guitar, Vocals – Ron Strykert
Illustration [Front Cover Illustration] – John Dickson (3)
Management [Telephone, Calculator] – Russell Deppeler
Producer – Peter McIan
Saxophone, Flute, Vocals, Keyboards, Strings [Fiddly Things] – Greg Ham
Vocals, Guitar – Colin Hay

Notes

Sunburst CBS labels.
Comes with a printed inner sleeve with lyrics, credits and photos.

Back cover:
© 1981 CBS Records Australia Limited
℗ 1981 CBS Records Australia Limited
Sound recording made by CBS Records Australia Limited
Australian Performance/Australian Compositions
Printed in Holland

Labels:
Made in Holland
Australian Performance / Australian Compositions
Sound Recording Made by CBS Records Australia Limited

Inner sleeve:
© 1981 April Music Pty Limited
Recorded at Richmond Recorders

Cat.# on back cover and inner sleeve: 85423
Cat.# on spine and labels: CBS 85423

The runouts are stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Label Code (Sleeve): LC 0149
Label Code (Labels): LC -0149
Price Code (For France, boxed): CB 271
Price Code (For Germany, circled): 57
Rights Society (Boxed): BIEM/STEMRA
Other (Legacy cat.# on labels between brackets): SBP 237700
Matrix / Runout (A-side label): CBS 85423-1
Matrix / Runout (B-side label): CBS 85423-2
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, variant 1): 01_85423_1A_1 NL F
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 1): NL 01_85423_3B_1 B
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Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 2): NL 01_85423_1B_1 F
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Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, variant 21): 01-85423-2A-1 A NL
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 21): 01-85423-3B-1 B NL

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Business As Usual (Cassette, Album)	CBS	PC 7700	Australia	1981
Recently Edited	Business As Usual (LP, Album)	CBS	SBP 237700	Australia	1981
Recently Edited	Business As Usual (LP, Album)	CBS, Discos CBS	138.548	Brazil	1981
Recently Edited	Business As Usual (Cassette, Album)	CBS	40-85423	Europe	1981
Recently Edited	Business As Usual (LP, Album)	CBS	ASF 2734	South Africa	1981

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Reviews

Platten-Joerg Jan 27, 2024
Spent 7 € in a local record shop for a near mint condition. Sounds really legit. Nice dynamics and clear sound.
Can recommend this pressing.
jniederb Jan 14, 2022
Comes with a printed inner sleeve with lyrics, credits and photos.
artzox Oct 10, 2021
Really worth the 5E I paid, even if it is for two songs. Surprisingly rich sound.
vozyxel Oct 20, 2020
Edited 3 years ago
Not gonna lie, bought it for 1.5€ for some pure "Down Under" nostalgia value. I enjoyed it much more than anticipated. Fun, light record with very good sound quality.
brussels75 Sep 20, 2019
Very well produced album. This pressing sounds rich and dynamic.
chaeschuechli Apr 1, 2018
Hello everybody, how do they two versions differ from each other?
https://www.discogs.com/Men-At-Work-Business-As-Usual/release/8076612
Vinylfly Mar 17, 2013
This is actually not bad at all! The title "Business As Usual" is a bit misleading since the rest of their albums are pure rubbish. But If you take it through a first suspicious listen you'll find that the often hated saxophone really does a fine job on tracks like "Down by the sea" etc.