Screaming Targets

Screaming Targets
Screaming Targets
Studio album by Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons
Released	13 July 1979
Recorded	1978−79
Studio	Armstrong Studios
Genre	Pop rock; blues rock;
Label	Mushroom
Producer	Peter Solley
Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons chronology
Singles from Screaming Targets
	"Hit and Run"; Released: July 1979; "Shape I'm In"; Released: October 1979;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Screaming Targets is the fourth studio album by Australian pop rock band Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons.^[2] The album was the band's first via Mushroom Records. Released in July 1979, the album peaked at number 13 on the Australian Kent Music Report, becoming the band's first top twenty album. The album was released with a limited edition bonus record featuring songs recorded live at Sentimental Bloke Hotel, Bombay Rock, Melbourne, April 1979.

The US release, detailed below, differed slightly from the original Australian issue, and did not appear until 1980.

Critical reception

"The songs and the melodies" of the album reminded critics of Billboard magazine the works of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes and they expressed the thought that future possible success of Jo Jo Zep's depend on their willingness to continue to follow this style.^[3]

Track listing (Original Australian version)

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hit and Run"	Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin, Tony Faehse	4:36
2.	"Don't Wanna Come Down"	Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse	3:28
3.	"Katschara"	Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse	4:13
4.	"Only the Lonely Hearted"	Paul Kelly	2:44
5.	"You Made a Fool Out of Me"	Mickey Jupp	4:50

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Close to the Bone"	Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse	4:16
2.	"Shape I'm In"	Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse	3:30
3.	"Trials and Tribulations"	Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse	4:38
4.	"Thin Line"	Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse	3:17
5.	"Open Hearted"	Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse	4:06

Bonus live LP with original Australian issue:

Side C
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Security"	Otis Redding	4:45
2.	"So Young"	Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse	3:33
3.	"Not a Woman, Not a Child"	Murray, Peters	3:25
4.	"Oh Mona"	Ellas McDaniel	6:03

Side D
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cuthulu"	Camilleri, Bruce Woodcock	9:56

Track listing (Revised US version)

The US version, issued in 1980, dropped "You Made a Fool Out of Me" and added a newly-recorded studio version of "So Young".

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hit and Run"	Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin, Tony Faehse	4:36
2.	"Don't Wanna Come Down"	Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse	3:28
3.	"Katschara"	Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse	4:13
4.	"Only the Lonely Hearted"	Paul Kelly	2:44
5.	"So Young"	Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse	3:19

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Close to the Bone"	Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse	4:16
2.	"Shape I'm In"	Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse	3:30
3.	"Trials and Tribulations"	Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse	4:38
4.	"Thin Line"	Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse	3:17
5.	"Open Hearted"	Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse	4:06

Personnel

Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons

Joe Camilleri — vocals, saxophone, guitar
Jeff Burstin - guitar
Tony Faehse - guitar, backing vocals
John Power - bass, vocals
Gary Young - drums

Charts

Chart (1979–80)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report^[4]	13
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[5]	25

References

^ "Screaming Targets Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons Biography by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Review: Jo Jo Zep — Screaming Targets" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 18. 3 May 1980. p. 50. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via American Radio History.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 156. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
^ "Charts.nz – Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons – Screaming Targets". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 October 2017.

[1] "Screaming Targets Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

[2] "Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons Biography by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

[bboardreview-3] "Review: Jo Jo Zep — Screaming Targets" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 18. 3 May 1980. p. 50. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via American Radio History.

[4] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 156. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.

[ac_New_Zealand_Jo_Jo_Zep_&_The_Falcons-5] "Charts.nz – Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons – Screaming Targets". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 October 2017.

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Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons
Joe Camilleri Gary Young Wilbur Wilde Jane Clifton
Studio albums	Don't Waste It Whip It Out So Young Hats Off Step Lively Dexterity Cha Ricochet
Reissued albums	Step Lively
Live albums	Live!! Loud and Clear Let's Drip Awhile
Compilations	The Sound of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons Shape I'm In: The Complete Anthology The Best of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
Singles	"Run Rudolph Run" "Beating Around the Bush" "(I'm in a) Dancing Mood" "Honey Dripper" "So Young" "Hit and Run" "Shape I'm In" "All I Wanna Do" "Puppet on a String" "I Will Return" "But It's Alright" "Gimme Little Sign" "Taxi Mary" "Walk On By"
Related articles	Discography The Black Sorrows