Hard Reyne

Hard Reyne is the second solo album by Australian singer/songwriter James Reyne. It was released in May 1989 and peaked at number 7 on the ARIA Charts. The album produced four singles, "House of Cards", "One More River", "Trouble in Paradise" and "Harvest Moon".

Hard Reyne
Studio album by James Reyne
Released	May 1989
Recorded	1988–1989
Studio	Mayfair Mews Residential
Genre	Rock
Label	Capitol, EMI
Producer	John Hudson, Simon Hussey
James Reyne chronology
James Reyne (1987) Hard Reyne (1989) Electric Digger Dandy (1991)
Singles from Hard Reyne
"House of Cards" Released: May 1989 "One More River" Released: July 1989 "Trouble In Paradise" Released: 28 August 1989[1] "Harvest Moon" Released: 1990

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Review

Tomas Mureika of AllMusic said; "Further collaboration with Simon Hussey finds Reyne treading water to some degree, trying to replicate the success of his debut, while lacking the fury and energy that made that album so utterly compelling. "One More River" and "Wake Up Deadman" share a more traditionally bluesy feel, while "House Of Cards" tries to echo the intensity of earlier classics. A mellower, less surprising effort. Hard Reyne is not a bad album by any means, there is just nothing here to render it great."^[3]

Track listing

1. "House of Cards" (James Reyne, Simon Hussey) – 4:26
2. "Rumour" (Reyne, Hussey) – 3:32
3. "No Such Thing as Love" (Reyne, Hussey) – 4:32
4. "One More River" (Reyne) – 4:01
5. "Shine On" (Reyne, Hussey) – 5:39
6. "Harvest Moon" (Reyne, Hussey) – 4:14
7. "Lamp of Heaven" (Reyne, Hussey) – 3:19
8. "Drifting Away (Confusion of Slow Novas)" (Reyne, Hussey) – 3:37
9. "Trouble in Paradise" (Reyne, Mark Grieg) – 4:08
10. "Five Miles Closer to the Sun" (Reyne, Hussey) – 4:37
11. "Wake Up Dead Man" (Reyne, Hussey) – 3:43

Personnel

• Judy Cheeks – backing vocals (track 4)
• Sony Southon – backing vocals (tracks 5, 7 and 9)
• Andy Cichon – bass
• John Watson – drums
• James Ralston – guitar (tracks: 1 to 5, 9)
• Simon Hussey – keyboards, sequencer programming, congas
• Ollie Marland – piano (track 6)
• Gary Barnacle – saxophone (tracks 1 and 4)
• John Thirkell – trumpet (track 1)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4]	7

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5]	34

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[6]	Platinum	70,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Australian Music Report No 787 – 28 August 1989 > Singles: New Releases". Retrieved 16 April 2018 – via Imgur.com (original document published by Australian Music Report).
2. ""Hard Reyne" by James Reyne". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
3. "Hard Reyne by James Reyne review". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
4. "Australiancharts.com – James Reyne – Hard Reyne". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
5. "ARIA Top 100 Albums 1989". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
6. "James Reyne ARIA Albums chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022 page 1". ARIA. Retrieved 2 December 2023 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.