Electric Digger Dandy
Australian album cover
Studio album by
James Reyne
ReleasedJune 1991
Recorded1990–1991
GenreRock
Length47:00
LabelFree City Music/ Virgin (Australia)
Charisma (US)
ProducerSimon Hussey
James Reyne chronology
Hard Reyne
(1989) 		Electric Digger Dandy
(1991) 		The Best
(1992)
Singles from Electric Digger Dandy
  1. "Slave"
    Released: May 1991
  2. "Any Day Above Ground"
    Released: July 1991
  3. "Some People"
    Released: November 1991
Alternative cover
US album cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Electric Digger Dandy is the third solo studio album by Australian singer/songwriter James Reyne released in June 1991. The album was released in the United States as Any Day Above Ground. The album peaked at number 3 on the ARIA Charts and remains Reyne's highest-charting album.[2]

The album saw Reyne's return to a more electric sound. It features the singles "Slave", "Any Day Above Ground" and "Some People", as well as a new, acoustic rendition of the Australian Crawl song "Reckless".

Reception

Tomas Mureika of AllMusic wrote that on "Electric Digger Dandy Reyne expanded his musical boundaries with collaborations with Jim Vallance and Tony Joe White. The result is an invigorated Reyne, who seems to be having a great time winding his voice around gorgeous melodies and intense rants alike. Despite its nutty had-to-be-changed-for-America title, Digger Dandy finds a more introspective experimental Reyne, one content to play the music at a lower level and let his words and stiletto voice speak for itself."[3]

Track listing

  1. "Some People" (J. Reyne, J. Vallance) – 4:13
  2. "Slave" (J. Reyne, J. Vallance) – 4:13
  3. "Reckless" (J. Reyne) – 5:19
  4. "Any Day Above Ground" (J. Reyne) – 3:38
  5. "Take a Giant Step" (J. Reyne, S. Hussey) – 5:10
  6. "Company of Strangers" (J. Reyne, S. Hussey) – 4:05
  7. "Black and Blue World" (J. Reyne, B. Goldsmith) – 4:06
  8. "Stood Up" (J. Hiatt) – 4:52
  9. "Outback Woman" (J. Reyne, T. J. White) – 3:38
  10. "Water, Water" (J. Reyne) – 5:40
  11. "Lay Your Weary Head Down" (J. Reyne) – 2:34

Personnel

Guests

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 83

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[5] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ ""Electric Digger Dandy" by James Reyne". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Australiancharts.com – James Reyne – Electric Digger Dandy". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  3. ^ "Any Day About Ground by James Reyne review". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  4. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 233.
  5. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1991 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
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