Screaming Targets

Screaming Targets is the third studio album by Australian blues/rock band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The album was the band's first via Mushroom Records. Released in July 1979, the album peaked at number 13 on the Australian Kent Music Report, becoming the band's first top twenty album. The album was released with a limited edition bonus record featuring songs recorded live at Sentimental Bloke Hotel, Bombay Rock, Melbourne, April 1979.[1]

Screaming Targets
Studio album by
Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
Released13 July 1979
Recorded1978−79
StudioArmstrong Studios
GenreRock, pop, Blues Rock
LabelMushroom Records
ProducerPeter Solley
Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons chronology
Let's Drip Awhile
(1979)		 Screaming Targets
(1979)		 Hats Off Step Lively
(1980)
Singles from Screaming Targets
  1. "Hit and Run"
    Released: July 1979
  2. "Shape I'm In"
    Released: October 1979

The US release, detailed below, differed slightly from the original Australian issue, and did not appear until 1980.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Track listing (Original Australian version)
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hit and Run"Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin, Tony Faehse4:36
2."Don't Wanna Come Down"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse3:28
3."Katschara"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse4:13
4."Only the Lonely Hearted"Paul Kelly2:44
5."You Made a Fool Out of Me"Mickey Jupp4:50
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Close to the Bone"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse4:16
2."Shape I'm In"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse3:30
3."Trials and Tribulations"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse4:38
4."Thin Line"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse3:17
5."Open Hearted"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse4:06

Bonus live LP with original Australian issue:

Side C
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Security"Otis Redding4:45
2."So Young"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse3:33
3."Not a Woman, Not a Child"Murray, Peters3:25
4."Oh Mona"E McDaniels6:03
Side D
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cuthulu"Camilleri, Bruce Woodcock9:56

Track listing (Revised US version)

The US version, issued in 1980, dropped "You Made a Fool Out of Me" and added a newly-recorded studio version of "So Young".

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hit and Run"Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin, Tony Faehse4:36
2."Don't Wanna Come Down"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse3:28
3."Katschara"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse4:13
4."Only the Lonely Hearted"Paul Kelly2:44
5."So Young"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse3:19
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Close to the Bone"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse4:16
2."Shape I'm In"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse3:30
3."Trials and Tribulations"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse4:38
4."Thin Line"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse3:17
5."Open Hearted"Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse4:06


Charts
Chart (1979/80) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report [3] 13
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[4] 25

References
  1. "Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons Screaming Targets". Discogs. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  2. "Album Review: Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons – Screaming Targets". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 156. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  4. "Charts.nz – Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons – Screaming Targets". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
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