Living Eyes was the second studio album released by Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia

Australia

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 punk-rock band Radio Birdman

Radio Birdman

Radio Birdman was one of the first punk bands in Australia along with The Saints. Deniz Tek and Rob Younger formed the group in Sydney, Australia in 1974...

. It was the last recorded album by the band and they split up shortly after it was recorded in 1978. This delayed the album's release until 1981. Radio Birdman re-formed in 2006 to record the album Zeno Beach

Zeno Beach

Zeno Beach is a rock album by Australian band Radio Birdman released in June 2006. It maintains much of the sound the band had in the 1970s while adding a different style with You Am I drummer, Russell Hopkinson.-Track listing:...

, and for an Australian tour featuring both classic Birdman tracks and new songs. Living Eyes sound was heavily influenced by the lead guitarist and producer Deniz Tek

Deniz Tek

Deniz Tek is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter and a founding member of Australian group Radio Birdman who broke up, for the last time, after their last European tour in 2007...

 who had lived in Detroit before moving to Australia and been influenced musically by the "Motor City Rock" sound. The music of Birdman has been compared to that of The Stooges

The Stooges

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 and MC5

MC5

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, but their sound is also comparable to that of 60's rock 'n' roll bands such as The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones

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1981 original

1. "More Fun"
2. "TPBR Combo"
3. "455 SD"
4. "Do The Movin' Change"
5. "I-94"
6. "Iskender Time"
7. "Burn My Eye '78"
8. "Time To Fall"
9. "Smith and Wesson Blues"
10. "Crying Sun"
11. "Breaks My Heart"
12. "Alone In The Endzone"
13. "Hanging On"

2005 remastered reissue

1. "Hanging On"
2. "455 SD"
3. "Do The Movin' Change"
4. "TPBR Combo"
5. "I-94"
6. "Iskender Time"
7. "Burn My Eye '78"
8. "Alien Skies"
9. "Time To Fall"
10. "Smith and Wesson Blues"
11. "Crying Sun"
12. "If I Wanted To"
13. "Breaks My Heart"
14. "More Fun"
15. "Alone In The Endzone"
16. "Didn't tell The Man"
17. "Dark Surprise"

Credits

• Warwick Gilbert - Bass
  Bass guitar
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• Ron Keeley - drums
  Drum kit
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• Pip Hoyle - Organ
  Organ (music)
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   & Piano
  Piano
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• Chris Masuak
  Chris Masuak
  Chris Masuak is a Canadian-born Australian rock musician, guitarist and songwriter. He is as a member of the influential Sydney-based punk rock group Radio Birdman, which formed in 1974, and for his other outfits The Hitmen, and The Screaming Tribesmen...
  
   - Guitar
  Guitar
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  , Harmony vocals & percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Deniz Tek
  Deniz Tek
  Deniz Tek is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter and a founding member of Australian group Radio Birdman who broke up, for the last time, after their last European tour in 2007...
  
   - Guitar & Harmony vocals
• Rob Younger
  Rob Younger
  Rob Younger is an Australian rock musician, vocalist and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the influential Sydney-based punk rock group Radio Birdman, which formed in 1974. After the Radio Birdman break-up, Younger joined the super-group, New Race, who were active in 1981...
  
   - Lead Vocals

External links

• http://www.divinerites.com/dr_birdm.htm
• http://www.radio-birdman.com/ - Official Radio Birdman Website
• http://perso.orange.fr/birdmanpage/index.htm