Roarin' Town


Roarin' Town is the eleventh studio album by Australian rock band The Black Sorrows. The album was released in October 2006. It was the first studio album from The Black Sorrows since Beat Club in 1998.
Camilleri said he wrote the tracks throughout 2005 and called the song "What Levi Wants", the son of "Harley + Rose", "not because they sound like each other, it just started to speak in the same way."
The album was re-released in May 2007, with a 7-track live CD.

Reception

Bruce Elder from Sydney Morning Herald said; "This is the first new Black Sorrows album in nearly a decade and it doesn't do the brand name any favours." adding "There are moments when the old magic re-emerges... But the rest of the material fails to excite"

Track listing

  1. "Lonesome Road" - 5:04
  2. "What Levi Wants" - 4:26
  3. "It Ain't True" - 3:51
  4. "Where's It All Gonna End" - 3:00
  5. "Headful of Stars" - 4:14
  6. "In Your Lover's Arms Tonight" - 4:43
  7. "Restless Heart" - 5:10
  8. "Word to the Wise" - 3:40
  9. "Comfort Me" - 4:07
  10. "Lay By My Side" - 4:09
  11. "The Richest Man in the World" - 4:24
  12. "Best Thing" - 2:52
  13. "That Tune on the Jukebox" - 3:55
;2007 Bonus disc
  1. "Harley + Rose"
  2. "Daughters Of Glory"
  3. "Chained to the Wheel"
  4. "Snake Skin Shoes"
  5. "Mystified"
  6. "Last One Standing For You"
  7. "Hold On to Me"

Personnel

The Black Sorrows:
  • Joe Camilleri - vocals, saxophone, guitar
  • James Black - keyboards
  • Claude Carranza - guitar
  • Stephen Hadley - bass guitar
  • Tony Floyd - drums
with:
  • Stuart Fraser - guitars
  • Shannon Bourne - guitars
  • Nick Smith - backing vocals
  • Steve Bussutil - violin
  • Nigel MacLean - violin
  • Lindsay Field - backing vocals
  • Annette Roche - backing vocals
  • David Newick - horns
  • Wilbur Wilde - horns
  • Christina Katsimbardis - violin
  • Holly Piccoli - violin
  • Christian Read - viola
  • Nicholas Metcalfe - cello

Production team