This Island

This Island is the second studio album by Australian Indie pop, rock band Eurogliders, and was released in May 1984 on Columbia Records. It peaked at #4 on the Australian Kent Music Report albums chart, it spawned their #2 hit single, "Heaven (Must Be There)". The album appeared on the United States, Billboard 200 charts, "Heaven" received significant airplay and peaked at #21 on the Mainstream Rock charts and appeared on the Hot 100. Guitarist a... more

This Island is the second studio album by Australian Indie pop, rock band Eurogliders, and was released in May 1984 on Columbia Records. It peaked at #4 on the Australian Kent Music Report albums chart, it spawned their #2 hit single, "Heaven (Must Be There)". The album appeared on the United States, Billboard 200 charts, "Heaven" received significant airplay and peaked at #21 on the Mainstream Rock charts and appeared on the Hot 100. Guitarist and singer, Bernie Lynch and his domestic partner, UK-born vocalist, Grace Knight, formed Eurogliders during 1980 in Perth, Western Australia with Crispin Akerman on guitar, Don Meharry on bass guitar, Guy Slingerland on drums and Amanda Vincent on keyboards. By the end of 1981, drummer John Bennetts replaced Slingerland. They were signed by manager, Brian Peacock, to their first recording and publishing contracts with Polygram. They recruited Melbourne bass player Geoff Rosenberg to replace Meharry. In late 1981, Eurogliders travelled to the... less