Doughboy Hollow

Doughboy Hollow is the fourth album by Australian rock band Died Pretty. The album, recorded with English producer Hugh Jones, was released in 1991.

Doughboy Hollow
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1991
RecordedTrafalgar Studios, Annandale, Sydney, April 1991
GenreRock
Length47:36
Label
ProducerHugh Jones
Died Pretty chronology
Every Brilliant Eye
(1990)
Doughboy Hollow
(1991)
Trace
(1993)
Singles from Doughboy Hollow
  1. "Stop Myself"/"Godbless"
    Released: July 1991
  2. "D.C."/"Wonder"
    Released: September 1991
  3. "Sweetheart"/"Time"
    Released: February 1992

Described by Ian McFarlane's Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop as "brimming with passionate, dramatic and alluring musical vistas", it took the band into the Top 20 album charts for the first time, peaking at No.19 in September 1991.[1] The album led to three ARIA Award nominations in 1992—Album of the Year for Doughboy Hollow, Independent Single of the Year for "D.C." and Best Video, also for "D.C.".[2] It was also included in the 2010 book 100 Best Australian Albums.[3]

Five years later, singer and co-writer Ron Peno said the album remained the band's creative watermark. "Now there's an album that should have done something," he told the Daily Telegraph. "It's a very loved album and I think it was a special record for us. I think it was criminal that it got ignored."[4]

Track listing

(All songs by Brett Myers and Ron Peno except where noted)

  1. "Doused" – 4:10
  2. "D.C." (Ron Peno, Steve Clark) – 4:33
  3. "Sweetheart" – 4:13
  4. "Godbless" (Ron Peno, John Hoey) – 3:31
  5. "Satisfied" – 6:04
  6. "Stop Myself" – 3:34
  7. "Battle of Stanmore" – 2:19
  8. "The Love Song" – 5:00
  9. "Disaster" – 3:54
  10. "Out in the Rain"– 4:21
  11. "Turn Your Head" – 5:19

Personnel

  • Ron Peno — vocals
  • Brett Myers — guitar
  • John Hoey — keyboards
  • Steve Clark — bass
  • Chris Welsh — drums

Additional personnel

  • Amanda Brown — violin ("The Love Song," "D.C.," "Battle of Stanmore")
  • Sarah Peet — cello ("The Love Song," "D.C.," "Disaster")
  • Sunil de Silva — percussion

References

  1. McFarlane, Ian (1999). The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. p. 171. ISBN 1-86448-768-2.
  2. ARIA Awards 1992 nominees
  3. O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
  4. Dino Scatena, "Band that never says die," The Daily Telegraph, 17 October 1996.
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