Ready to Deal

Ready to Deal
Studio album by
Renée Geyer Band
ReleasedNovember 1975
RecordedAugust – September 1975
StudioArmstrongs Studios, Melbourne
Genre
Length40.33
LabelRCA/Mushroom
ProducerRenée Geyer Band, Ernie Rose
Renée Geyer Band chronology
It's a Man's Man's World
(1974) 		Ready to Deal
(1975) 		Really Really Love You: Live at the Dallas Brooks Hall
(1976)
Singles from Ready to Deal
  1. "(I Give You) Sweet Love"
    Released: October 1975
  2. "Heading in the Right Direction"
    Released: December 1975
  3. "If Loving You Is Wrong"
    Released: March 1976

Ready to Deal is the third studio album by Australian singer Renée Geyer. The album was released in November 1975 and peaked at number 21, becoming Geyer's highest-charting album. The album is credited to Renée Geyer Band. The album features the track "Heading in the Right Direction" which became Geyer's first top 40 single in 1976.

"Sweet Love" featured in the 2000 film Chopper starring Eric Bana.[1]

In October 2010, Ready to Deal was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[2]

Track listing

Vinyl/ cassette (VPL1-0105)

Side one

  1. "Sweet Love" (Renée Geyer, Mal Logan, Barry Sullivan, Mark Punch, Greg Tell) – 3.22
  2. "If Loving You Is Wrong" (Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson, Carl Hampton) – 4.22
  3. "Spilt Milk" (Logan, Geyer, Sullivan, Tell, Punch) – 5.02
  4. "Whoop" (Logan, Geyer, Sullivan, Tell, Punch) – 6.53

Side Two

  1. "Heading in the Right Direction" (Garry Paige, Punch) – 4.04
  2. "Two Sides" (Geyer, Logan, Sullivan, Punch, Tell) – 3.32
  3. "Ready to Deal" (Geyer, Logan, Sullivan, Punch, Tell) – 3.32
  4. "Love's Got a Hold" (Geyer, Logan, Punch, Sullivan, Tell) – 3.48
  5. "I Really Love You (Geyer, Logan, Sullivan, Punch, Tell) – 5.55

Personnel

Renée Geyer Band members[3]

  • Renée Geyer — vocals, backing vocals
  • Mal Logan – keyboards
  • Mark Punch – guitar
  • Barry "Big Goose" Sullivan – bass guitar
  • Greg Tell – drums

Additional musicians

  • Tony Buchanan – saxophone, flute
  • Russell Smith – trumpet

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Ready to Deal
Chart (1975-1976) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[4] 21

References

  1. ^ "Chopper". IMDb. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  2. ^ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
  3. ^ "Encyclopedia entry for 'Renee Geyer'". Whammo. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992: 23 years of hit singles & albums from the top 100 charts. St Ives, N.S.W, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p. 124. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.


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