All Souls Alive is the second studio album by The Blackeyed Susans

The Blackeyed Susans

The Blackeyed Susans are an Australian rock band, formed in Perth in 1989, based in Melbourne since 1992.-Perth 1989-1990:The original line-up consisted of David McComb on vocals and guitar, Alsy MacDonald on drums , Phil Kakulas on bass guitar , Rob Snarski on vocals and guitar, and...

, released in December 1993 on the independent record label, Torn and Frayed, and distributed by Shock Records

Shock Records

Shock Records is Australia's largest independent record label. It helps distribute records from overseas records labels such as Epitaph Records, and also for small record labels designed specifically for that band such as Cement Records...

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The album features ten tracks, eight penned by Phil Kakulas and David McComb

David McComb

David Richard McComb was an Australian rock musician. He was the singer-songwriter of the Australian band, The Triffids.-Early years in Perth:...

, as well as the Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

Leonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...

/Phil Spector

Phil Spector

Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter, later known for his conviction in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....

 classic "Memories" and a version of the Johnny Paycheck

Johnny Paycheck

Johnny Paycheck was the legal name of Donald Eugene Lytle , a country music singer and Grand Ole Opry member most famous for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It"...

 song "Apartment No 9".

All Souls Alive was released in America on Frontier Records

Frontier Records

Frontier Records is an independent record label, started in 1980 in Los Angeles by Lisa Fancher, a former employee of Bomp! Records and writer of the liner notes for the first album by The Runaways....

 in April 1994. The album was also released in the UK, Greece, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Holland, Italy and Sweden in July 1994. The album got great reviews in the UK press and airplay on Radio One.

Two singles lifted off the album were released in Australia in July 1994, "Dirty Water" and "This One Eats Souls".

Graham Lee said of the album, "You couldn't describe it as a sunny record, I don't think anyone would've been expecting that. But there's a willingness to experiment."

Track listing

All written tracks by Phil Kakulas and David McComb

David McComb

David Richard McComb was an Australian rock musician. He was the singer-songwriter of the Australian band, The Triffids.-Early years in Perth:...

 unless otherwise indicated.

1. A Curse On You (Phil Kakulas, David McComb, Graham Lee) – 3:34
2. We Could’ve Been Someone – 4:21
3. Every Gentle Soul (David McComb, Will Akers) – 3:31
4. Memories (Leonard Cohen
   Leonard Cohen
   Leonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...
   
   , Phil Spector
   Phil Spector
   Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter, later known for his conviction in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....
   
   ) – 6:01
5. Sheets Of Rain (Phil Kakulas) – 3:30
6. Reveal Yourself – 4:15
7. I Can See Now – 3:58
8. Apartment No. 9 (Johnny Paycheck
   Johnny Paycheck
   Johnny Paycheck was the legal name of Donald Eugene Lytle , a country music singer and Grand Ole Opry member most famous for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It"...
   
   , R. Austin) – 2:52
9. Dirty Water (Phil Kakulas, P. Van Zalm) – 4:48
10. This One Eats Souls – 6:33

Personnel

• Rob Snarski – vocals, backing vocals, tambourine, acoustic guitar, guiro
• Phil Kakulas – double bass, electric bass, fuzz bass, piano, towbar, jingle bells, cabosa, cymbals, backing vocals, sound effects, TV
• Graham Lee
  Graham Lee (Australian musician)
  Graham Lee is an Australian rock musician and record producer, best known as the steel guitar player of the 1980s band The Triffids, where he was nicknamed 'Evil Graham Lee'....
  
   – pedal steel, lap steel, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, autoharp, backing vocals, heavy breathing
• Warren Ellis
  Warren Ellis (musician)
  Warren Ellis is an Australian multi-instrumentalist and composer, best known for his work with Dirty Three, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Grinderman and his soundtrack scores with Nick Cave. He plays violin, piano, bouzouki, guitar, flute, mandolin, and tenor guitar...
  
   – violin, Korg organ, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, cheesy organ, accordion, piano, harpsichord
• David McComb
  David McComb
  David Richard McComb was an Australian rock musician. He was the singer-songwriter of the Australian band, The Triffids.-Early years in Perth:...
  
   – vocals (on "Memories"), electric guitar, cheesy organ
• Jim White
  Jim White (drummer)
  Jim White is an Australian drummer . He is the drummer for the Dirty Three, a band formed in Melbourne, but he has also played with a number of other groups, including:*Tren Brothers, consisting of Jim White and Mick Turner, guitarist of the Dirty Three....
  
  – drums
• Marko Halstead – mandolin, backing vocals
• Andy Parsons – Grampian Ambiophonic Unit Type 666, harpsichord
• Metronome – metronome