Dark Room is the fourth 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 band The Angels

The Angels (Australian band)

The Angels are a hard rock band that formed in Adelaide, Australia in 1970. The band later relocated from Adelaide to Sydney and enjoyed huge local success until well into the 1990s. For the purposes of international release, their records were released under the names Angel City and later The...

, it was released in 1980.

In June 2002, Shock Records issued The Complete Sessions 1980 - 1983. The four-disc box set included remasters of Dark Room (9 bonus tracks), Night Attack (9 bonus tracks), Watch The Red (5 bonus tracks) and The Blow (2 CD set). In June 2006, Liberation Music re-issued Dark Room from The Complete Sessions 1980 - 1983.

Track listing

1. "No Secrets" – 4:18
2. "Poor Baby" – 4:04
3. "Wasted Sleepless Nights / Dark Room" – 6:09
4. "Face The Day" – 6:10
5. "Night Comes Early" – 4:14
6. "Alexander" – 3:29
7. "The Moment" – 4:20
8. "I'm Scared" – 3:49
9. "Devil's Gate" – 5:32

Bonus Tracks

1. "Back On You"
2. "Alexander" (Early Take)
3. "Hot Shit"
4. "Hard Sell"
5. "Staring Voices"
6. "I'm Scared" (Live)
7. "Face The Day" (Single Edit)
8. "Public Enemy"
9. "Into The Heat"

http://www.liberation.com.au/artists/release/Dark_Room

• Tracks 1 composed by Bidstrup/Neeson
• Tracks 2, 4-9 composed by Brewster/Neeson/Brewster
• Tracks 3 composed by Brewster/Neeson/Brewster/Bidstrup

Chart positions

Chart (1980)	Position
Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...  Albums Chart	6

Credits

• Doc Neeson - lead vocals
• Rick Brewster - lead guitar
• John Brewster - rhythm guitar
• Chris Bailey - bass guitar
• Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup - drums

American release

The American release of Dark Room was released under the band name "Angel City" and featured a different track list.

Track listing

1. "No Secrets" – 4:18 (Bidstrup/Neeson)
2. "Ivory Stairs" – 3:51 (Brewster/Neeson/Brewster)
3. "Wasted Sleepless Nights / Dark Room" – 6:09 (Brewster/Neeson/Brewster/Bidstrup)
4. "Face The Day" – 6:11 (Brewster/Neeson/Brewster)
5. "Night Comes Early" – 4:13 (Brewster/Neeson/Brewster)
6. "Straight Jacket" – 3:29 (Brewster/Neeson/Brewster)
7. "The Moment" – 4:19 (Brewster/Neeson/Brewster)
8. "Poor Baby" – 3:48 (Brewster/Neeson/Brewster)
9. "Devil's Gate" – 5:32 (Brewster/Neeson/Brewster)

Personnel

• Doc Neeson
  Doc Neeson
  Bernard "Doc" Neeson is an Australian rock singer. Neeson is known as the lead singer and frontman for Australian hard rock band The Angels.-Early life:...
  
   - lead vocals
• Rick Brewster - lead guitar
• John Brewster - rhythm guitar
• Chris Bailey - bass guitar
• Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup
  Graham Bidstrup
  Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup is an Australian musician, songwriter, music producer and artist manager. He has been a member of The Angels, The Party Boys and Gang Gajang. He has managed Jimmy Little, Nathan Cavaleri and Diana Ah Naid. He is part of the management team for the Jimmy Little Foundation.-The...
  
  - drums