Flame is the second studio album from the Australian band Real Life. It was released in October 1985 on Glenn Wheatley's Wheatley Records in Australia. The album peaked at No. 42 on the Australian Kent Music Report. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
Critical reception
Tomas Mureika from AllMusic said "David Sterry and Richard Zatorski again have assembled a collection of solid synth pop singles-that-could-have-been," adding, "The hooky verses and singalong chorus were designed for radio play, but it was not meant to be."
Track listing All songs written by David Sterry and Richard Zatorski.
Personnel Adapted from the album liner notes.
Real Life David Sterry – vocals, guitar Richard Zatorski – keyboards, violin Allan Johnson – bass Danny Simcic – drums, drum programming Additional musicians Steve Boltz – saxophone ("I Wish") Wilbur Wilde – guitar solo ("The Legend") Nicholai Ugrinsky – additional drum programming Technical Peter Henderson – producer, engineer Paul Schroeder – assistant engineer Peter Thompson – assistant engineer Edu Meyer – assistant engineer Steve Hall – mastering Shoot That Tiger! – artwork Tomek and Eryk – photography
Charts Chart (1985)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)42
Release history Country Date Format Label Catalogue Australia October 1985 Wheatley Records SFL1 0128 United States of America 1985 Curb Records, MCA Records, MCA-5639
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