The Black Sorrows – Dear Children (VG/VG+) – LP, AU 1987

Dear Children is an LP by The Black Sorrows from 1987 released on the CBS label.

About this album

Dear Children finds The Black Sorrows sharpening their blend of rock, blues and pop into something leaner and more emotionally direct. Issued in 1987, the album draws on folk rock and country rock touches while keeping the band’s rhythmic swagger and melodic instinct firmly to the fore. Songs such as Mystified, The Big Time and Blue Horizon show how the group balanced grit with hooks, helped by Joe Camilleri’s distinctive songwriting and front-porch-to-city-street feel. Part of the band’s early run of acclaimed Australian releases, it reinforced their reputation for making roots music that felt immediate, accessible and unmistakably local.