This Is Not the Way Home

This is Not the Way Home is the second studio album by Australian indie rock band The Cruel Sea. The album was released in October 1991 and peaked at number 62 on the Australian albums chart.[2] With the release of This is Not the Way Home, The Cruel Sea embarked on a European tour supporting Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.[3]

This Is Not the Way Home
Studio album by
The Cruel Sea
Released28 October 1991[1]
StudioMegaphon Studios
GenreIndie rock
Length49:13
LabelRed Eye, Polydor
ProducerThe Cruel Sea, Tony Cohen
The Cruel Sea chronology
Down Below
(1989)		 This Is Not the Way Home
(1991)		 The Honeymoon Is Over
(1993)
Singles from This is Not the Way Home
  1. "I Feel"
    Released: September 1991
  2. "4"
    Released: April 1992
  3. "This is Not the Way Home"
    Released: August 1992

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993, the album earned the band a nomination for the ARIA Award for Best Group. Tony Cohen was nominated for Producer of the Year.[4]

Recording

The album was recorded at Megaphon Studios, near Sydney Airport. Producer Tony Cohen said, "The plan was for it to be a natural recording, with nothing too fancy. The studio had empty factory space, so I decided to use it as reverb chambers. Reverb on drums, vocals, backing vocals. Most times I managed to get my experiments right."[5]

Reception

This is Not the Way Home garnered critical acclaim. The music ranged from funky Louisiana swamp blues to sweet soul, with Perkins' laconic vocals recalling the spirit of Captain Beefheart, Tony Joe White and John Lee Hooker in the process.[3]

The Canberra Times said the album was, "like a road movie soundtrack. It has the timelessness of David Lynch's Wild At Heart. It could be the '50s or the '90s. To the shimmering guitar melodies of "This is Not the Way Home", Perkins adds a visceral element - lines about shedding blood and skin, throwing up, and grunting, groaning, his guts as well as his emotions laid bare."[6]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It's Alright ('Cause She Loves Me)"
4:21
2."Baby"
  • Perkins
  • Rumour
5:10
3."4"
  • Rumour
3:09
4."Sure 'Nuff"
4:00
5."Don't Sell It"
  • Perkins
  • Rumour
5:20
6."Cry for Me"
5:23
7."Fangin' Hoons"
  • Rumour
2:17
8."This Is Not the Way Home"
  • Perkins
  • Rumour
3:58
9."Shadder"
  • Rumour
3:27
10."I Feel"
  • Perkins
  • Rumour
3:19
11."You Are Gone"
  • Perkins
  • Rumour
4:54
12."High Plains Drifter"
  • Rumour
3:45

Charts
Charts (1992) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] 62

Certification
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[7] Platinum 70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Country Date Format Label Catalogue
Australia 28 October 1991 CD, Cassette, LP Red Eye Records 511161-2, REDCD 25

References
  1. The ARIA Report. Vol. 92. ARIA. 27 October 1991. p. 20.
  2. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 70.
  3. "The Cruel Sea". The Harbour Agency. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  4. "Winners by Year 1993". ARIA. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  5. Tony Cohen with John Olson (2023). Half Deaf, Completely Mad. Black Inc. Books. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-74382-308-8.
  6. Nic Haygarth. "The Timeless Band". Canberra Times.
  7. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
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