Big Music (Machinations album)

Big Music is the second studio album from Australian synthpop band Machinations. The album was released in June 1985 and peaked at number 20 on the Kent Music Report.

Big Music
Studio album by
Machinations
Released25 June 1985
StudioRhinoceros Studios
GenreSynthpop, New-wave, pop
LabelWhite
ProducerJulian Mendelsohn
Machinations chronology
Esteem
(1983)		 Big Music
(1985)		 The Big Beat
(1986)
Singles from Big Music
  1. "No Say in It"
    Released: August 1984
  2. "My Heart's On Fire"
    Released: May 1985
  3. "You Got Me Going Again"
    Released: August 1985
  4. "Execution Of Love"
    Released: November 1985

Background and Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Big Music is produced by Julian Mendelsohn who first worked with the band on the single "No Say in It" and who has worked with such British acts as Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Nik Kershaw and Art of Noise. Band member Fred Lonergan said "He was really great to work with [and] we wanted to record the album in November (of 1984) but after working with Julian we decided we would try and get him back out again. March (of 1984) was the earliest we could do it." Lonergan said "Variety is the keyword with this album. On the album we've got a reggae track, a ballad [and] a few dance tracks." [2]

Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, declared that the group "[emerged] with the smoothest and most fully realised album of [their] career".[3] [4]

Track listing
Side A
No.TitleLength
1."My Heart's On Fire"5:00
2."Predator"3:45
3."Jabber"3:50
4."Execution of Love"3:58
5."Spark"5:07
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."No Say in It"3:19
2."Don't Take Me"4:11
3."You Got Me Going Again"3:37
4."5 Minutes Black"3:33
5."The Letter"6:04

Charts
Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 20
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References
  1. "Big Music by Machinations". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  2. Ferrington, Andrew (13 June 1985). "Machinations: all is under control". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). National Library of Australia. p. 19. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  3. "The Machinations". whammo. August 2004. Archived from the original on 29 August 2004. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. Jones, Rhys (4 June 2008). "Big Music from Machinations". RetroUniverse. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 186. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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