Album Info Hide Show Artist: Choirboys Album: Big Bad Noise Released: Australia, 2022 Tracklist: A1 Run To Paradise A2 Struggle Town A3 Boys Will Be Boys A4 Brave New World A5 Guilty A6 Big Bad Noise B1 Like Fire B2 Last Night Of My Life B3 Fireworks B4 Gasoline B5 One Hot Day B6 James Dale Info About Buying Vinyl From Our Record Store We are a small independent record store located at 211 High St, Preston in Melbourne, Australia (North of Northcote, between Thornbury & Reservoir) We buy and sell new and used vinyl records – if you have a collection you’d like to sell please click here . We ship Australia wide for a flat rate of $10 for standard shipping or $15 for express post. Free Shipping for orders $150 and over. You can also pick up your order in store, just select Local Pickup at the checkout. We also ship internationally – prices vary depending on weight and location. 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If you change your mind you have 30 days to return your record but you must cover the cost of returning it to the store. You can contact our Melbourne record shop at (03) 9939 3807 or at [email protected] Happy Listening! Description Hide Show Big Bad Noise landed in 1988 right as Australian pub rock was flexing its last truly massmarket muscle, and it still feels like a Friday night captured on tape. Choirboys sharpened everything after their 1983 debut, and the result is a tight, roaring set that peaks with Run to Paradise but has plenty of bite elsewhere. It went top five on the ARIA Albums Chart and earned double platinum at home, which makes sense the moment those first guitars spark up and Mark Gable opens his throat. Run to Paradise is the hook that drags most people back to this record, and fair enough. It hit No. 3 in Australia and never really left radio. What keeps it interesting decades on is the tension in the lyric. Gable has said more than once that it was written about people he knew slipping into drugs, and you can hear that tug of concern inside the singalong chorus. Its a cautionary tale dressed like a party, which is pretty much the sweet spot for late 80s Aussie rock. Spin the Big Bad Noise vinyl and you get the full picture. The open chords ring, the backing vocals bloom, and Lindsay Tebbutts drums feel like theyre pushing your chest. The rest of the album isnt just filler around a hit. Boys Will Be Boys is a gnarly barroom shout, all clenchedjaw guitars and a bassline from Ian Hulme that swings just enough to keep it fun. Struggle Town is the sleeper. It sketches small suburb tensions with a little grit under the fingernails, the sort of song youd hear at closing time and suddenly pay attention to. Even the title track squares its shoulders and goes hard, built for sticky floors and raised glasses. Production is punchy without flattening the bands personality. Peter Blyton and Brian McGee worked with Choirboys to keep the edges intact, so the choruses lift but the verses still bristle. That balance is why the record has held up. You can throw it on while getting ready to head out, or sit with it and notice little things, like a guitar harmony tucked behind Gables lead line, or the way the rhythm section nudges a tempo forward without rushing. Its built for pubs but it survives close listening too. Theres a reason punters still chase this on wax. Choirboys vinyl tends to move fast in the new arrivals bin at my local, and a clean copy of Big Bad Noise vinyl is a sure way to light up a room. If you buy Choirboys records online youll see this title getting snapped up by fans rediscovering that late 80s sheen, and by younger collectors who know a stadiumsized chorus when they hear one. Among vinyl records Australia, this sits in that sweet spot where nostalgia and genuine craft overlap, right next to the best of The Angels and Cold Chisel for a certain kind of listener. Culturally, the album sits right on the line between the rougher pub circuit and the glossier FM era that followed. Choirboys never lost their bark. Gables voice has that sandpapered sincerity, and the band plays like theyve spent years staring down the back wall of a stage while a pool table cracks in the corner. That roadtested feel is baked into these songs. You can almost smell the smoke machines and old carpet. Critics and fans alike have kept Run to Paradise alive because it speaks to something familiar. But the album around it is why people keep coming back. If youre building a shelf of Choirboys albums on vinyl, this is the anchor. It still sounds immediate, it still makes you want to sing too loud, and it carries more weight than its party reputation suggests. Walk into a Melbourne record store on a Saturday and youll probably hear someone testing a copy, nudging the volume a notch, waiting for that chorus to hit. Thats the test that matters. Big Bad Noise passes it every time. Product Reviews Hide Show Write a Review