Album Review: Australian Crawl - The Greatest Hits

Even in their heyday Aussie Crawl weren't taken as seriously as their peers – perhaps due to their laddish beach vibe or maybe James Reyne's inimitable drawl – but between 1978-86 they indulged in a veritable orgy of creativity. Defiantly Australian in more than just name (Errol, Daughters Of The Northern Coast, the inscrutable Reckless), they touched on class and gender divides (Beautiful People and Boys Light Up respectively) and relationship travails (Downhearted, Oh No Not You Again, Things Don't Seem) with consummate ease. Line-up changes saw them fade late but they remain massive Oz rock doyens.