Up for Grabs (album)

Up for Grabs
Studio album by
The Radiators
ReleasedSeptember 1981
Recorded1981
LabelPowderworks Records
The Radiators chronology
You Have the Right to Remain Silent
(1981) 		Up for Grabs
(1981) 		Scream of the Real
(1983)
Singles from Up for Grabs
  1. "Room Full of Diamonds"
    Released: June 1981
  2. "Up for Grabs"
    Released: November 1981
  3. "Nothings Changed"
    Released: February 1982

Up for Grabs is the second studio album by Australian band The Radiators. The album was 'Produced by Leo Productions' with the group's Fess Parker as 'Production Assistant'; it was engineered by Spencer Lee and David Hemming at Leo Recorders, Sydney. It was released in September 1981 and peaked at number 29 on the Australian Albums Chart and was certified gold.[1]

Susan Molloy, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, opined that the album was ‘quite appealing in the way they have restrained themselves from going overboard with the heavy metal sound. Instead, this album has some interesting experimental moments (from Kraftwerk?) and some cutesy songs… Up for Grabs is one of the better offerings from a veritable flood of local recordings.'[2]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Up For Grabs"Brian Nichol, Chris Tagg, Geoff Turner 
2."Room Full of Diamonds"Nichol 
3."Nothings Changed"Nichol 
4."It Wasn't Me"Nichol 
5."Restless"Turner 
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Something Wrong"Turner 
2."Automatic"Turner 
3."Bustin Out"Tagg, Stephen Parker 
4."I Go to Pieces"Turner 
5."Sex"Turner 
6."Out of It"Turner 

Charts

Chart (1981/82) Peak
position
Australian Chart (Kent Music Report)[3] 29

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[4] Gold 20,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Mark Gibson (18 February 2007). "The Radiators — Australian Music History". Australianmusichistory.com. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  2. ^ Susan Molly ‘Best seen and not just heard’ Sydney Morning Herald 28 September 1981 p. 22
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 245. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  4. ^ "THE RADIATORS AUSTRALIA". Australian Network Entertainment. 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
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