This Is Not the Way Home

This is Not the Way Home is the second studio album by Australian indie rock band The Cruel Sea. The album was released in October 1991 and peaked at number 62 on the Australian albums chart.[2] With the release of This is Not the Way Home, The Cruel Sea embarked on a European tour supporting Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.[3]

This Is Not the Way Home
Studio album by The Cruel Sea
Released	28 October 1991[1]
Studio	Megaphon Studios
Genre	Indie rock
Length	49:13
Label	Red Eye, Polydor
Producer	The Cruel Sea, Tony Cohen
The Cruel Sea chronology
Down Below (1989) This Is Not the Way Home (1991) The Honeymoon Is Over (1993)
Singles from This is Not the Way Home
"I Feel" Released: September 1991 "4" Released: April 1992 "This is Not the Way Home" Released: August 1992

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993, the album earned the band a nomination for the ARIA Award for Best Group. Tony Cohen was nominate for Producer of the Year.[4]

Reception

This is Not the Way Home garnered critical acclaim. The music ranged from funky Louisiana swamp blues to sweet soul, with Perkins' laconic vocals recalling the spirit of Captain Beefheart, Tony Joe White and John Lee Hooker in the process.[3]

The Canberra Times said the album was, "like a road movie soundtrack. It has the timelessness of David Lynch's Wild At Heart. It could be the '50s or the'90s. To the shimmering guitar melodies of "This Is Not the Way Home", Perkins adds a visceral element - lines about shedding blood and skin, throwing up, and grunting, groaning, his guts as well as his emotions laid bare."[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It's Alright ('Cause She Loves Me)"	Tex Perkins Dan Rumour	4:21
2.	"Baby"	Perkins Rumour	5:10
3.	"4"	Rumour	3:09
4.	"Sure 'Nuff"	Don Van Vliet Herb Bermann	4:00
5.	"Don't Sell It"	Perkins Rumour	5:20
6.	"Cry for Me"	James Cruickshank Perkins Rumour	5:23
7.	"Fangin' Hoons"	Rumour	2:17
8.	"This Is Not the Way Home"	Perkins Rumour	3:58
9.	"Shadder"	Rumour	3:27
10.	"I Feel"	Perkins Rumour	3:19
11.	"You Are Gone"	Perkins Rumour	4:54
12.	"High Plains Drifter"	Rumour	3:45

Charts

Charts (1992)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2]	62

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[6]	Platinum	70,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Australia	28 October 1991	CD, Cassette, LP	Red Eye Records	511161-2, REDCD 25

References

1. The ARIA Report. 92. ARIA. 27 October 1991. p. 20.
2. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 70.
3. "The Cruel Sea". The Harbour Agency. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
4. "Winners by Year 1993". ARIA. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
5. Nic Haygarth. "The Timeless Band". Canberra Times.
6. "The Cruel Sea ARIA chart history, received 17 January 2020". ARIA. Retrieved 18 January 2020 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.