Hold On to Me is the fifth studio album by Australian rock band The Black Sorrows. It's the group's first album to feature the vocals of Vika and Linda Bull.

Reception

Rudyard Kennedy from AllMusic gave the album a positive review saying; "[Joe] Camilleri and company may borrow many of the same ingredients that James Morrison uses to make his music -- blues, soul, and R&B, as well as flashes of gospel, country, folk, and even Brill building pop -- but the trick is in mixing those well-worn ingredients together and coming up with something new. That's where Black Sorrows show that they're fit to be mentioned in the same breath with artists like Van Morrison and the Rolling Stones. Every song on Hold On to Me sounds like it could be a classic (and classy) radio staple, without sounding like a copy of anything else. Not only is Hold On to Me'''s literate songwriting (by Camilleri and lyricist Nick Smith) superb, but the playing is also uniformly excellent (and, at times, positively inspired), and vocalists Camilleri and Vika and Linda Bull are soulful and gritty throughout. Hold On to Me deserves to be remembered as more than just an Australian classic -- this is a record that deserves to be heard and hailed by music fans the world over."

Track listing

The North American version of Hold On To Me'' consists of tracks 1–10 only, with changes in ordering of the tracks and a few subtle differences in the mixes.

Personnel Black Sorrows Linda Bull – backing vocals Vika Bull – backing vocals Mick Girasole – bass Peter Luscombe – drums, percussion Wayne Burt – guitar Jeff Burstin – guitar, slide guitar, mandolin Joe Camilleri (aka Joey Vincent) – saxophone, vocals, slide guitar

Additional personnel George Butrumlis – accordion Gerry Hale – banjo Bob Venier – brass John Barrett – brass Tony Norris – brass Lucky Oceans – guitar Sam See – guitar Tony Faeshe – guitar Jason Bradley – harmonica James Black – keyboards Mick O'Connor – keyboards Paul Grabowsky – keyboards R. Starcic – keyboards Alex Pertout – percussion Joe Creighton – vocals Lisa Edwards – vocals Nick Smith – vocals Venetta Fields – vocals

Technical personnel Richard Lewis – graphic design Graeme Fraser – engineering Martin Pullan – engineering, mixing Doug Brady – mixing Ian "Mac" MacKenzie – mixing Ross Cockle – mixing Tomic – photography Jeff Burstin – production Joe Camilleri – production

Charts Weekly charts Chart (1988/89) Peakposition

Year-end charts Chart (1989) Rank Australian Albums (ARIA) 14 Australian Artist Albums (ARIA) 4

References

External links Hold On to Me at AllMusic Hold On to Me at Discogs