Eternally Yours by The Saints

Eternally Yours, the Saints' second album, arrived on Harvest in 1978, and the Brisbane band that had kicked Australian punk into life with a buzzsaw roar decided they wanted something bigger. Singer Chris Bailey and guitarist Ed Kuepper produced it themselves, with Ivor Hay on drums and new bassist Algy Ward, who had stepped in after Kym Bradshaw left in mid-1977.

The fury is still there, but it's been fed on R&B and pumped up with a horn section, so the songs swagger and punch rather than just flail. "Know Your Product" is the killer, a blaring, strutting assault that shows how much muscle the new approach added. It turned out to be a fragile peak: after Prehistoric Sounds later that year, Kuepper and Bailey fell out over where the band was going, and the classic lineup broke apart.

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