Feel the Heat (album)

Feel the Heat is the debut studio album by Australian band The Radiators. The album as released in March 1980 and peaked at number 22 on the Australian Albums Chart and was certified platinum,[3] selling 90,000 copies.[4] A limited edition featured a bonus disc with the tracks "Fess' Song" and "Gimme Head".

Feel the Heat
Studio album by The Radiators
Released	March 1980[1]
Studio	Music Farm Studios, Trafalgar Studios; NSW Australia
Genre	Pop/Rock, New wave[2]
Label	WEA[1]
Producer	Charles Fisher, The Radiators[1]
The Radiators chronology
Feel the Heat (1980) You Have the Right to Remain Silent (1981)
Singles from Feel the Heat
"Comin' Home" Released: September 1979 "Fess' Song"/"Gimme Head" Released: February 1980 "Hit and Run" Released: May 1980

The Radiators became the first Australian band to have advance/pre-sales on a début album with 6,000 copies being shifted before its release.[4]

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Summer Holiday"	Brian Nichol	4:29
2.	"All of Your Love"	Nichol, Geoff Turner	3:16
3.	"Reason"	Nichol, Fess Parker	2:58
4.	"Comin' Home"	Turner	3:06
5.	"Numbers"	Turner	3:02

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"17 (I Wish I Was)"	Nichol	5:13
2.	"Nancy Can't Dance"	Turner	2:50
3.	"Hit and Run"	Nichol, Turner	4:19
4.	"It's Easy"	Turner	3:16
5.	"Radiation"	Turner	4:38

Side C (Limited Edition)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Fess' Song"	Nichol	4:25

Side D (Limited Edition)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gimme Head"	Turner	2:40

Charts

Chart (1980)	Position
Australian Chart (Kent Music Report)[5]	22

References

1. Feel The Heat (booklet). The Radiators. Warner Bros. Records. 1980.CS1 maint: others (link)
2. "Feel the Heat - The Radiators | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
3. Ryan (bulion), Gary (8 April 2012). "Albums Pre 1989 Part 2 – Radiators". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 9 April 2012.
4. Mark Gibson (2007-02-18). "The Radiators — Australian Music History". Australianmusichistory.com. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 245. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.