This Island is the second studio album by Australian pop band Eurogliders, released on 7 May 1984 by CBS Records.

The album had a lengthy recording process. Eurogliders changed record labels from PolyGram to CBS in 1983, and recorded the track "No Action" with producer Mark Opitz; it was released as a single in 1983 and peaked at No. 97. The band then replaced bassist Geoff Rosenberg (who had not played on "No Action") with Scott Saunders, and travelled to the UK in July. While there, they replaced Saunders with bassist Ron François, formerly of the Teardrop Explodes and Lene Lovich. With this line-up they recorded the rest of This Island, produced by Nigel Gray (who had also worked with the Police).

By the end of the year, the album recording was complete, but was still not ready for release. Mark Moffatt was brought in to remix six album tracks; meanwhile, the single "Another Day in the Big World" was issued in December 1983. It peaked at No. 66 in Australia.

The album was eventually released in May 1984 and peaked at No. 4 on the Australian Albums Chart. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. The single, "Heaven (Must Be There)", reached No. 2 on the Australian singles charts, and No. 65 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 21 on its Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The album peaked at No. 140 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Track listing

Personnel Credits are adapted from the This Island liner notes.

Eurogliders Crispin Akerman — guitar John Bennetts — drums; percussion; cymbals Ron François — synthesiser; bass guitar; backing vocals Grace Knight — vocals; tenor saxophone; keyboards Bernie Lynch — vocals; synthesiser Amanda Vincent — synthesiser; keyboards; glockenspiel

Additional musicians Mark Bhan — trumpet Mark Isham — trumpet Gary Kettel — percussion Sam McNally — bass synth on "No Action" Mark Moffatt — drums; drum programming Giselle Scales — violin

Production and artwork Nigel Gray – producer; engineer Mark Opitz – producer David Nicholas – engineer Jim Ebdon – engineer Pete Buhlman – engineer Mark Moffatt – remixing Δ – mastering engineer A&L Barnum Graphic Design – cover concept; design

Charts Chart (1984) Peakposition Australia Kent Music Report Album Chart 4

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