Roaring Days

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Field	Value
name	Roaring Days
type	Album
artist	Weddings Parties Anything
cover	Wpa-roaringdays.jpg
released	May 1988
genre	Rock / Folk rock
label	WEA
producer	Alan Thorne
prev_title	Scorn of the Women
prev_year	1987
next_title	The Big Don't Argue
next_year	1989
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| name = Roaring Days | type = Album | artist = Weddings Parties Anything | cover = Wpa-roaringdays.jpg | alt = | released = May 1988 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Rock / Folk rock | length = | label = WEA | producer = Alan Thorne | prev_title = Scorn of the Women | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = The Big Don't Argue | next_year = 1989 |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = Roaring Days is the second studio album released by Australian rock band Weddings Parties Anything. The title of the album was based on the poem "Roaring Days" by Henry Lawson.

Track listing

All songs written by Mick Thomas, except where noted

1. "Industrial Town" – 4:06
2. "Under the Clocks" – 3:29
3. "Gun" (Dave Steel) – 3:43
4. "Brunswick" – 2:54
5. "Tilting at Windmills" – 2:53
6. "Sergeant Small" (Tex Morton) – 3:13
7. "Sisters of Mercy" – 4:42
8. "Roaring Days" – 2:54
9. "Say the Word" – 3:21
10. "Missing in Action" – 3:07
11. "Laughing Boy" (Paul Kelly) – 4:39
12. "Big River" (Dave Steel) – 4:32
13. "Summons in the Morning" – 3:17
14. "Morton (Song for Tex)" – 3:18

Personnel

Weddings Party Anything

• Pete Lawler – bass guitar, vocals
• Marcus Schintler – drums, vocals
• Dave Steel – guitar, vocals
• Mick Thomas – guitar, vocals
• Mark Wallace – piano accordion, keyboards, vocals

Additional musicians

• Michael Barclay – vocals ("Under The Clocks")
• Barb Waters – vocals (Tilting At Windmills")
• Anthony Morgan – cello ("Sisters Of Mercy")
• Dave Docker – trumpet ("Missing In Action")
• Mick O'Connor – hammond organ ("Tilting At Windmills")
• Ian McKenzie – tin whistle ("Laughing Boy")
• Jason McDermid – brass ("Industrial Town")
• James Greening – brass ("Industrial Town")
• David Basden – brass ("Industrial Town")

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1988) | Peak position | |---|---| | last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=334}} | 46 | ::

References

References

1. [{{AllMusic
2. Johnston, Chris. (2006-12-18). "Mick Thomas and the Sure Thing". [[The Age]].
3. [http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworks.stm APRA database] at the [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] website (search each song title)
4. Kent, David. (1993). "Australian Chart Book 1970–1992". Australian Chart Book.

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