Welcome Stranger is the debut studio album by The Blackeyed Susans. Released in August, 1992, the album is a compilation of their first three EPs – Some Births are Worse than Murders, Anchor Me and …Depends On What You Mean By Love – with the addition of three tracks recorded at the same time as the material released on those EPs.
Track listing
"Don’t Call Yourself An Angel" (McComb, Kakulas) – 3:14 "Enemy Mine" (McComb, Kakulas) – 4:07 "Viva Las Vegas" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 5:10 "Cripple Creek" (Traditional/Kakulas) – 4:47 "Glory Glory" (Kakulas) – 4:03 "Anchor Me" (Snarski) – 2:43 "Who’s That By The Window?" (Kakulas) – 2:50 "Trouble" (Kakulas, Rollinson) – 4:13 "Ocean of You" (McComb) – 3:33 "Close Watch" (John Cale) – 2:59 "Will’s Blues" (Akers) – 3:22 "Spanish Is The Loving Tongue" (Traditional) – 2:59 "Who’s Loving You" (Robinson) – 3:08 "It Hurts Me" (Byers, Daniels)/"Prisoner of Love" (Robin, Columbo, Gaskill) – 3:42 "In The Pines" (McComb) – 3:44
Personnel Tracks 1–4 David McComb – vocals, guitar, percussion Rob Snarski – vocals, guitar Phil Kakulas – double bass, electric bass, bazouki, guitar, backing vocals, percussion Alsy MacDonald – drums, percussion Ross Bolleter – hammond organ, piano, piano organ William Akers – backing vocals
Tracks 5–8 and 15 Rob Snarski – vocals, acoustic guitar Kathryn Wemyss – vocals, trumpet, castanets Phillip Kakulas – double bass Timothy Rollinson – electric guitar Kenny Davis Junior – piano, piano accordion James Cruikshank – organ Graham Lee – pedal steel Mark Dawson – percussion
Tracks 9–14 Rob Snarski – vocals Kenny Davis Junior – keyboards, piano accordion, samples David McComb – keyboards, bass, electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals Joanne Alach – backing vocals
Charts Chart (1992)PeakpositionAustralian Albums (ARIA) N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.149
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