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Harry's Café De Wheels

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Harry's Café De Wheels
Studio album by
Released28 November 1989
Recorded1988−89
StudioThe Hop, Conway Studios, The Complex, Summa Recording Studios, Ocean Way Recording Studios; Los Angeles
Genre
Length43:41
LabelCapitol Records
Producer
  • Peter Asher
  • Stewart Levine
Peter Blakeley chronology
Vicious
(1987)
Harry's Café De Wheels
(1989)
The Pale Horse
(1993)
Singles from Harry's Café De Wheels
  1. "Crying in the Chapel"
    Released: 13 November 1989
  2. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
    Released: March 1990
  3. "Quicksand"
    Released: 30 April 1990[1]
  4. "You Never Heard It from Me"
    Released: June 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Harry's Café De Wheels is the second studio album by Australian singer Peter Blakeley. The album was released in November 1989 by Capitol Records.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1991, the album was nominated for Best Cover Art. Blakeley was nominated for Best Male Artist.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Crying in the Chapel"Peter Blakeley, Aaron Zigman3:43
2."Quicksand"Blakeley3:59
3."You Never Heard It From Me"Blakeley3:38
4."First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"Ewan MacColl4:19
5."Heaven is Calling"Blakeley, Zigman4:10
6."Who Let My Secret Out"Blakeley4:17
7."Stranger in My Own Hometown"Blakeley3:41
8."There Must Be Something I Can Do"Blakeley3:57
9."Working for a Living"Blakeley4:07
10."Lost on the River"Blakeley4:38
11."Quicksand" (reprise)Blakeley3:49

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[4] 35

Year-end charts

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Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 21

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[6] Platinum 70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Product Available from: 30/04/90 – Singles (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 16)". ARIA. Retrieved 13 May 2016 – via Imgur.com.
  2. ^ "Henry's Cafe De Wheels". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Peter Blakeley – Harry's Café De Wheels". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Charts.nz – Peter Blakeley – Harry's Café De Wheels". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  5. ^ "ARIA 1990 Albums Charts". ARIA. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  6. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.