Right First Time
title: "Right First Time" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["th'-dudes-albums", "1979-debut-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_First_Time" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Right First Time |
| type | Studio |
| artist | Th' Dudes |
| cover | Right First Time, Th' Dudes LP Cover.jpeg |
| released | May 1979 (NZ) |
| November 1979 (Australia) | |
| genre | Pop |
| label | Big Mouth Records |
| producer | Robert Charles Aickin |
| next_title | Where Are The Boys? |
| next_year | 1980 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | Right First Time |
| type | studio |
| single1 | 'Be Mine Tonight' |
| single1date | 1979 |
| single2 | 'Right First Time' |
| single2date | 1979 |
| :: |
| name = Right First Time | type = Studio | artist = Th' Dudes | cover = Right First Time, Th' Dudes LP Cover.jpeg | alt = | released = May 1979 (NZ) November 1979 (Australia) | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Pop | length = | label = Big Mouth Records | producer = Robert Charles Aickin | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Where Are The Boys? | next_year = 1980 | misc = {{Singles | name = Right First Time | type = studio | single1 = 'Be Mine Tonight' | single1date = 1979 | single2 = 'Right First Time' | single2date = 1979 Right First Time is the debut album by New Zealand band Th' Dudes. The New Zealand version was released in May 1979, and the Australian version six months later in November. The single "Be Mine Tonight" is considered one of the greats in New Zealand songwriting.
Track listing
| headline = Side 1
| all_writing = Ian Morris, Dave Dobbyn
| title1 = Be Mine Tonight | length1 = 6:06 | title2 = Bad Boy Billy | length2 = 3:05 | title3 = Stop Crying | length3 = 4:47 | title4 = Right First Time | length4 = 3:41
| headline = Side 2 | title5 = That Look In Your Eyes | length5 = 5:12 | title6 = Can't Get Over You (At All) | length6 = 2:04 | title7 = You Don't Have To Go | length7 = 2:24 | title8 = On Sunday | length8 = 4:47 | title9 = There You Are | length9 = 4:25
Personnel
- Bass – Lez White (replaced Peter Coleman)
- Design – Peter Urlich
- Drums – Bruce Hambling
- Engineer – Denis Odlin
- Guitar, keyboards, vocals, mixed by – Ian Morris
- Guitar, vocals – Dave Dobbyn
- Producer – Robert Charles Aickin*
- Vocals – Peter Urlich
- Written-By – Dobbyn*, Morris*
Liner notes
- Recorded at Stebbing Studios, Auckland.
- Published by and copyright owned by Big Mouth Records, Inc., Australia
Alternate cover
The Australian release of the album had a green-tinted cover. The band were not impressed.
Charts
::data[format=table] | Chart (1979) | Peak position | |---|---| ::
References
References
- "Th' Dudes: Discography". Th' Dudes.
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