What's a Few Men?
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| Studio album by Hunters & Collectors | ||||
| Released | 16 November 1987 | |||
| Recorded | September 1987 Metropolis Audio, Melbourne |
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 54:28 | |||
| Label | White/Mushroom (AUS/NZ) I.R.S. (US) |
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| Producer | Greg Edward, Hunters & Collectors | |||
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| Fate | ||||
1988 US release (I.R.S. Records)
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What's a Few Men? is the fifth studio album by Australian rock band Hunters & Collectors, which was released on 16 November 1987. The album's title was drawn from Albert Facey's memoir A Fortunate Life. The album peaked at No. 16 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart and No. 9 on the New Zealand Albums Chart. It provided the singles, "Do You See What I See", issued in October 1987 and "Still Hangin' Round", in February the following year. "Do You See What I See" reached No. 33 in Australia while in New Zealand it became their highest charting single at No. 13.
The band's label in the United States, I.R.S. Records, required the album to be renamed and a number of the songs to be replaced before they would issue it. What's a Few Men? was subsequently renamed Fate, with an altered track listing including four new songs, and was released in North America in September 1988. This version included the track, ""Back on the Breadline", which was issued as a single in the US and charted at No. 6 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks.
Hunters & Collectors toured the United States twice after their previous studio album, Human Frailty (April 1986). Their line up was John Archer on bass guitar, Doug Falconer on drums, Jack Howard on trumpet, Robert Miles on live sound, Mark Seymour on lead vocals and guitar, Jeremy Smith on French horn, and Michael Waters on keyboards and trombone. They released their third EP, Living Daylight, which was co-produced with Greg Edward, in Australia in April 1987. Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane felt it was "something of a stop-gap measure". The three-track EP appeared in the top 50 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart and reached No. 25 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.
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