The Perfect Crime (Cold Chisel album)
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| Studio album by Cold Chisel | ||||
| Released | 2 October 2015 | |||
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Studios 301, Sydney Freight Train Studio, Botany |
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Cold Chisel Music | |||
| Producer | Kevin Shirley | |||
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The Perfect Crime is the eighth studio album by Australian rock band Cold Chisel. It was released on 2 October 2015. It was the first album not to feature a contribution from drummer Steve Prestwich, who died of a brain tumour in January 2011. The album peaked at number 2 on the Australian charts and number 7 in New Zealand.
Recording for the album was done in two sessions in 2014 and 2015. Initial recording was done in Barnes' home studio, with the band working six hours a day on each song. Barnes said, "We recorded this album in two sittings - the first sitting was at my place and we did nine songs, and then about eight months later we did 10 songs at 301."
The album was intended to be more blues orientated than Cold Chisel's recent work. Walker said that he personally wanted an album that was bluesier with no country songs. Barnes said, "We wanted to make a rock record - we wanted to make a record that was more 'up' than the last record we made. We wanted to utilise and focus on what this band does best - which is these rhythm and blues numbers. Steve was more of a rock drummer, and Charley's much more of a rhythm and blues drummer so he brings in these different grooves to things." Walker added, "Cold Chisel does a wide range of stuff … but originally Cold Chisel was a bluesy rock band. I just thought it would be good to do something that focused on that."
Another goal for the band was to have song-writing credits from all of the original members. Walker said, "I wanted it to be a much more diverse album with the writing and where the writing was coming from. And I think to a certain extent we got both of those. Probably still could have been more diverse with sourcing the songs, but that's the way it ended up."
Two of the songs on the album, the title track and "Four in the Morning", had previously been recorded by Walker and released on his solo albums. Walker was initially hesitant to record them with Cold Chisel, but claimed he was, "swept along in the enthusiasm," of his bandmates.
The first single, "Lost" was co-written by Walker and former Australian Idol contestant Wes Carr in 2012. Walker said, "After putting out an album of the normal stuff that Idol people have to record, he wanted to do an album of real songs and wanted to see if I could get involved in some co-writing." The song was not initially short-listed for inclusion on the album before Shirley suggested the inclusion of strings and backing vocals.
"All Hell Broke Lucy" was inspired the tale of Lucretia Dunkley who was the first woman hanged in Australia in 1843, at Berrima Gaol near Barnes' home. Both of Barnes' songwriting contributions to the album were co-written with his son-in-law Ben Rodgers.
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