"Take a Long Line"
Single by The Angels
from the album Face to Face
ReleasedJuly 1978 (1978-07)
RecordedAlbert Studios
GenreHard rock
Length3:00
LabelAlbert Productions
Songwriter(s)Doc Neeson, John Brewster, Rick Brewster
Producer(s)The Angels, Mark Opitz
The Angels singles chronology
"Comin' Down"
(1978)		 "Take a Long Line"
(1978)		 "Straight Jacket'"
(1978)

"Take a Long Line" is a song by Australian hard rock group the Angels, released in July 1978 as the second single from their second album, Face to Face. The song peaked at number 29 on the Australian Kent Music Report.

In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Take a Long Line" was ranked number 35.[1]

The song was largely written by band member Rick Brewster. In a 2018 interview with his brother and fellow band mate, John Brewster, on ABC Radio 774 in Melbourne, he said that many of the lyrics in the song were inspired by characters his brother had encountered on the streets of Kings Cross in Sydney. [2]

The year of its release (1978), The Angels supported both Meat Loaf and David Bowie on their respective tours of Australia. David Bowie actually asked the band to support him on his tour after hearing the Face to Face album and seeing The Angels live at a show at the Bondi Lifesaver club. [3]

Track listing

AP 11759
  1. "Take a Long Line" (Doc Neeson, John Brewster, Rick Brewster) - 3:00
  2. "Love Takes Care" (Doc Neeson, John Brewster, Rick Brewster) - 3:34

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1978) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[4] 29

References

  1. ↑ "Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Musicfeeds. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Take a long line to the Backstory with John Brewster". ABC Melbourne. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Take a long line to the Backstory with John Brewster". ABC Melbourne. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  4. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. p. 17-18. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts
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