Cold Chisel

Sealed brand new release of this classic album housed in a gatefold cover.

Cold Chisel was the self-titled debut album of Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel. Released in April 1978, it spent 23 weeks in the Australian charts, peaking at number 38.^[1]

The figure in the foreground of the cover is Micki Braithwaite, Daryl Braithwaite's wife. ^[2]

"Cold Chisel" was produced by the inexperienced Peter Walker, who had previously played guitar with Bakery. The release of the album was hurried to coincide with a tour the band had opening for Foreigner.^[3] Although the album was well-received, Don Walker was later to say he found it embarrassing, especially the "flowery" lyrics.^[4]

Producer Peter Walker intended the album to be a showcase of the breadth of Don Walker's song-writing,^[3] and the songs range between jazz-and-blues-based ballads to hard rock. Walker, who wrote the lyrics for all the songs, described the album as being about a former lover that he had separated from long before recording commenced. He said, "I'm involved there, sometimes to the detriment of the song. 'Cause those songs were not great."^[5]

The band initially saw themselves as an "album band" like Led Zeppelin that was less reliant on singles, and had not intended to release a single from the album.^[6] Barnes said, "Every DJ in the country begged us to release "Khe Sanh" as a single. Then they banned it two weeks later. They had to ban something once a week to keep the Catholic Church happy."^[7]