Buskers and Angels

Buskers and Angels
Soundtrack album by Jon English and Martine Monroe
Released September 2000
Genre Rock
Length 65:00
Producer Jon English
Jon English albums chronology
The Best of Jon English
(1993)		 Buskers and Angels
(2000)		 English History II
(2001)

Buskers and Angels is a rock musical written by Australian rock musician Jon English. This was his second self-penned musical, following Paris in 1990.[1] Buskers and Angles is about a busker going from the streets to stardom[2] as well as canvassing the pitfalls of the entertainment industry for women. English said "It's probably the most misogynistic industry left" and cites his feisty mother and suffragette grandmother as role models, and points out that both his musicals deliberately feature "forthright, strong women trapped by circumstances but not by their own sex. And I sort of miss that badly in a lot of musicals."[3]

The show premiered in Newcastle in September 2000 and closed in Perth in February 2001 [4] with Belgian born Martine Monroe playing the lead female character of Angel alongside English.[5] The musical received warm reviews. [6] The album includes Jon English's son Jonathan English on bass. [7]

The album was released digitally in 2011. [8]

Track listing

  1. "Always the Busker" - 5:34
  2. "Out On My Corner" - 2:20
  3. "Fancy This" - 2:00
  4. "The View Up There" - 2:21
  5. "20-20 Hindsight" - 2:00
  6. "Nothing to Hide" - 3:37
  7. One Thing Leads to Another" - 1:50
  8. "Nature of the Beast" (Jon English & Martine Monroe) - 3:55
  9. "Life Is Like a Wheel" - 1:47
  10. "Splitting Image" - 1:52
  11. "Dear Lee" - 1:03
  12. "Money Tree" (Jon English & Marcus Pointon) - 2:59
  13. "Potential Angels" (Jon English & Martine Monroe) - 4:55
  14. "Try to Be a Hero" - 2:40
  15. "What's the View Like Up There?" (Jon English & Martine Monroe) - 2:54
  16. "Roll Daddy Roll" (Jon English & Carol Starkey) - 2:27
  17. "The Guy for Me" (Jon English & Carol Starkey)
  18. "Doing Okay" (Jon English & Martine Monroe) - 4:18
  19. "Love Is the One Thing" (Jon English & Carol Starkey) - 3:09
  20. "Palm of Our Hands" (Jon English & Jay Collie) - 3:53
  21. "Fallen Angel" (Jon English & Martine Monroe) -3:39
  22. "When I Was Younger" - 1:07
  23. "Street Beat" (Jon English & Martine Monroe) - 2:43

References

  1. ↑ "Hits of last 40 years revived". Sydney Morning Herald. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Old Black Eyes found a golden career and became a superstar but he always had time for his fans". Troy Lennon. Daily Telegraph. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Moving On". Sharon Verghis. The Australian. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Buskers and Angels". Cast Albums. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Martine Monroe". Doug Parkinson. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "About Jon English". Jon English. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Guitar Basses". Yamaha. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Buskers and Angels". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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