East
by Cold Chisel

Overall rank: 3,514th | 1980s rank: 517th | 1980 rank: 69th
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2026	Purplepash	Top 59 Music Albums of 1980	46/59	1
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2026	stangetzaway	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	22/100	76
2026	Strangel	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	70/100	6
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2026	stevengnz	Top 88 Music Albums of 1980	24/88	4
2026	culwin	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	78/100	5
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70/100 !	05/12/2026 06:57	TerryTezza	767	78/100
65/100 !	04/05/2026 04:02	Exist-en-ciel	15,528	70/100
35/100 !	03/21/2026 11:05	Leginlists	3,786	83/100

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From mwinstanley7 11/21/2019 15:25 | #245051 | TOP COMMENT

This album was a fantastic breakthrough album for Chisel in Australia.
It managed to walk the line perfectly between commercially accessible and fine rock.
Although Don Walker was the main songwriter, all the members wrote songs, and great ones ... In fact every member of the band has written a hit.
If anyone claims to like rock music, then really they need Cold Chisel in their collection. East is a good place to start

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From Spike54 12/21/2018 23:37 | #227591

you could walk into a pub and see them play in the early 80s. Great band

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Brad1770 10/28/2018 07:19 | #223418 | TOP COMMENT

Critically it is the general consensus that 'Circus Animals' is Cold Chisels best album but B.E.A users have it right , hands down 'East' stands as their pinnacle release

For on this album song writing duties would be shared by the group for the very first time with Phil Small delivering the delightful "My Baby" , Ian Moss "Never Before" , Jimmy Barnes "Rising Sun" + "My Turn To Cry" and Steve Prestwich "Best Kept Lies" with all other tracks courtesy of Don Walker

Interestingly "Choir Girl" would break the group on a top 40 level but few were aware of its dark message which was around pregnancy and terminations and that the Japanese head band Barnes is sporting on the cover is in actual fact on upside down !

'East' also represents the band at their peak around 1980/1981 in terms of live shows and performances , anyone seeing Chisel live at this time can attest to this

Not only is 'East' Cold Chisels best album it stands as one the greatest Australian albums of all time

Absolutely timeless

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From stangetzaway 05/01/2018 04:36 | #213961 | TOP COMMENT

Simply one of the greatest blues/rock albums ever recoreded. Every track is a killer. Should have slayed them in the states but were poorly managed on their only tour (supporting the likes of Heart and Loverboy which consideri g the demo of those bands was ridiculous) and then disappeared without a trace. Given a fighting chance East would have sold ten million copies.

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From mostlymor 05/29/2014 15:58 | #113204 | TOP COMMENT

One of the great discoveries, for me, of exploring this site has been finding acts and albums that are completely unknown to me here in the UK - Cold Chisel are a fantastic example - Wow! An album stuffed full of great songs. I can imagine what a great live act they were. A revelation!

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