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The Honeymoon Is Over by Cruel Sea
The Honeymoon Is Over is an album by Cruel Sea, released in 1993. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 7 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Honeymoon Is Over”, on 6 lists with a best position of #9.
The Honeymoon Is Over, the Cruel Sea's third album, came out on Red Eye in May 1993, and it's the record that dragged Sydney's slinkiest bar band out of the shadows. They'd started life as an instrumental outfit, and you can still hear it: Dan Rumour's and James Cruickshank's guitars circle each other with a dusty, swampy twang, Ken Gormly's bass and Jim Elliott's drums settle into a lazy, menacing groove, and Tex Perkins, on loan from Beasts of Bourbon, drawls over the top like he's got all night. Tony Cohen and Mick Harvey produced it with the band, and there's even a cover of Tony Joe White's "Woman with Soul".
It went to No. 4 on the ARIA albums chart, sold more than 140,000 copies, went platinum, and in 1994 it swept five ARIA Awards, Album of the Year and Best Group among them, with the title track taking both Single and Song of the Year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Honeymoon Is Over on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Honeymoon Is Over | 6 | #9 | – | 1993–2018 | |
| 2 | Delivery Man | 1 | #95 | – | 1993 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.