A Thousand Suns by Russell Morris

A Thousand Suns, released on Festival in November 1991, gave Russell Morris something he'd never had before: an album on the ARIA chart, where it landed at number 98. That's a strange stat for a singer, songwriter and guitarist who had racked up five top-10 singles at home back in his early days.

This is Morris in blues-rock mode, weathered and gritty, a veteran leaning into guitars and grooves rather than chasing the sound of the day. Four singles came off it, and one of them looked straight back: a remix of "The Real Thing", his number-one hit from 1969, which is the track countdowns picked up. The past kept catching up with him in a good way; ARIA later inducted him into its Hall of Fame, in 2008.

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