diVINYLS by The Divinyls

diVINYLS, the fourth album from Australia's Divinyls, came out on Virgin and turned out to be the biggest record they ever made. By now the band revolved around its core pair, singer Chrissy Amphlett and guitarist Mark McEntee, and the two of them co-produced it with David Tickle.

Amphlett had made her name onstage in a school uniform and fishnets, brandishing a glowing neon tube at bandmates and crowd alike, and on record she still sounds like trouble: sly, purring one minute, snarling the next, over McEntee's tough, glossy guitar. "I Touch Myself" was the smash, a slinky, breathy slice of pop-rock that became the band's best-selling single, number one at home and a top-five hit in America. "Make Out Alright" kept the heat up. The album climbed to number 15 on the Billboard 200, their best showing there.

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