Get on Board

Get on Board is the debut studio album by Australian band The Badloves. released in July 1993. The album peaked at number 3 on the ARIA Albums chart and was certified double platinum by ARIA. It was re-released in 1994 with a bonus 8-track disc.

Get on Board
Studio album by The Badloves
Released	26 July 1993
Recorded	1992–93
Studio	Metropolis Audio
Label	Mushroom
Producer	Doug Roberts The Badloves
The Badloves chronology
Get on Board (1993) Holy Roadside (1995)
Singles from Get on Board
"Lost" Released: 8 March 1993 "I Remember" Released: July 1993 "Green Limousine" Released: 29 November 1993 "Memphis" Released: 14 March 1994

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1994, Get on Board was nominated for the Album of the Year and won Best New Talent and Breakthrough Artist – Album. Furthermore, at the ARIA Music Awards of 1995, it was nominated for Highest Selling Album.

Background

Australian rock and pop group, the Badloves' debut album Get on Board appeared in July 1993 via Mushroom Records, which the band co-produced with Doug Roberts.^[1][2][3] They had been formed in 1990 by John "Jak" Housden on lead guitar, Stephen "Irish" O'Prey on bass guitar, John Spiby on keyboards and saxophone, his brother Michael Spiby on lead vocals and guitar and Chris Tabone on drums.^[2][3][4] The album was preceded by the singles, "Lost" (March 1993)^[5] and "I Remember" (July) and was followed by "Green Limousine" (November)^[6] and "Memphis" (March 1994).^[2][7][8] The album peaked at number 3 on the ARIA Albums chart and was certified double platinum by ARIA.^[9]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1994, Get on Board was nominated for the Album of the Year and won Best New Talent and Breakthrough Artist – Album. Furthermore, at the ARIA Music Awards of 1995, it was nominated for Highest Selling Album.^[10]

Track listing

Get on Board

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Memphis"	Michael Spiby	5:09
2.	"Green Limousine"	M. Spiby	3:45
3.	"Tell Me"	John Housden Stephen O'Prey	3:21
4.	"I Remember"	Housden O'Prey	3:12
5.	"High on a Mountain"	M. Spiby	4:06
6.	"What's on Your Mind"	M. Spiby	4:29
7.	"Lost"	M. Spiby	3:33
8.	"Sugar Daddy"	M. Spiby	6:17
9.	"Yesterday's Gone"	M. Spiby	5:04
10.	"Spirit in the Sky"	M. Spiby	3:36

Out Takes and B Sides

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Long Hard Day"		3:57
2.	"Stop"		4:21
3.	"Forgiven"		3:13
4.	"Nowhere to Hide"		4:21
5.	"Spirit in the Sky" (demo)	Spiby	2:54
6.	"I Embarrass Myself"		4:28
7.	"Live"		4:56
8.	"I Bled"		4:01

Personnel

Credits:^[2][3]

The Badloves

• John "Jak" Housden – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Stephen "Irish" O'Prey _ bass guitar, backing vocals
• John Spiby – keyboards, saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 6, 7)
• Michael Spiby – lead vocals, lead guitar
• Chris Tabone – drums

Additional musicians

• Susie Ahern – backing vocals (tracks 1, 4, 6), vocals (track 2)
• Jen Anderson – violin, viola
• Henric Beiers – cello (tracks 1, 4, 7)
• Tony Featherstone – piano, organ (1,4,7)
• Rob Tronca – electric piano (tracks 2, 3, 4)
• Kintsho Tshabalala – bell tree (tracks 2, 9), shaker (track 2)
• Paul Williamson – baritone saxophone (track 7)
• Chris Wilson – harmonica (tracks 8,9), vocals (track 8)
• David Wilson – backing vocals (tracks 1, 4, 6)

Artisans

• Doug Roberts – producer, recording engineer, mixer
• Kate Hopkins  B&W photography
• Debbie Lord – design
• Letitia O'Prey  B&W photography
• Greg O'Shea – assistant recording engineer, assistant mixer
• Ilana Rose – photography
• Leon Zervos – mastering engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1993/94)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12]	16

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[9]	2× Platinum	140,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Australia	August 1993	CD	Mushroom Records	D30976, D24025
	1994	2x CD		TVD93402, RMD53402
	2 April 2021[13]	LP	Inertia	5419709553