Men At Work - Business As Usual (30th anniversary)

Today (April 22nd) marks the 30th anniversary of the US release of Business As Usual, the 1982 debut album from the Australian band Men At Work. The album debuted in their native Australia on November 9th of 1981.

Sadly, this week Greg Ham (who played flute, keyboards and saxophone on the album) was found dead in his Melbourne home on April 19th, 2012.

For my review of this album, please click here.

In celebration, I'm setting my iPod to give this 80's classic a play today. But I think I'll pass on the vegemite sandwich (I hear it is an acquired taste).

Men at Work - Business as Usual

One of the best selling albums of 1982 was the debut album Business as Usual by the Australian band Men at Work. The record went multi-platinum in four countries (Australia, Canada, the UK and the US) and went to all the way to the top of the charts to number 1 in five countries (Australia for nine weeks, New Zealand, Norway, the UK for five weeks and the US for fifteen weeks). It also earned Men at Work the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1983 (beating out Asia, the Human League and the Stray Cats).