Tales of the City is the debut studio album by Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Rockmelons

Rockmelons

Rockmelons, often referred to as the Rockies, are an Australian Pop/Dance/R&B group formed in 1983 in Sydney. They are based around Bryon Jones, his brother Jonathon Jones and Raymond Medhurst. They had two Top Five hit singles in the early 1990s with "Ain't No Sunshine" and "That Word ", both sung...

. It was released in May 1988 on True Tone Records

True Tone Records (Australian label)

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 and peaked at number six on the Australian album charts

ARIA Charts

The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

. The band shared the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Award for Best Debut Album in 1988 with 1927's

1927 (band)

1927 are an Australian pop/rock band formed in Melbourne in 1987 with James Barton on drums, Bill Frost on bass guitar, his brother Garry Frost on guitar and keyboards, and Erik Weideman on vocals, guitar and keyboards...

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It was re-issued in 1992 by Mushroom Records

Mushroom Records

Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros...

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Track listing

All songs written by R. Medhurst, B. Jones, J. Jones, R. Smith except where noted, according to Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA).

1. "New Groove" - 4:39
2. "What's It Gonna Be?" - 4:46
3. "Jump" - 2:31
4. "Thief" (R. Medhurst, J. Jones, B. Jones) - 3:21
5. "Dreams in the Empty City" (R. Medhurst, J. Jones, B. Jones) - 3:45
6. "Get Back on the Groove" - 4:56
7. "Rhymes" (A. Green
   Al Green
   Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"...
   
   , M. Hodges) - 4:43
8. "Boogietron" (J. Jones, B. Jones) - 4:22
9. "Money Talks" - 3:59

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1988	Australian Kent Music Report Kent Music Report The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998...  Albums Chart	6

Personnel

Credited to:

Rockmelons

• Raymond Medhurst - keyboards
• Byron Jones - keyboards, bass guitar, vocals
• Jonathon Jones - keyboards, guitar, drums
• John Kenny - vocals
• Mary Azzopardi - vocals
• Wendy Matthews
  Wendy Matthews
  Wendy Joan Matthews is an Australian adult alternative pop singer originally from Canada who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist...
  
  - vocals

Recording details

• Producer - Robin Smith
• Engineer - Barry Rudolph