You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel is the fourth album by Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes (also seen as Dave Graney with the Coral Snakes). With Graney on vocals, the Coral Snakes line-up included his wife Clare Moore on drums and percussion; Robin Casinader on keyboards, violin and mandolin; Rob Hayward on lead guitar; and early member Gordy Blair returned on bass guitar. It was released in June 1994 on Mercury Records. The album peaked at No. 10 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Album Charts. It was co-produced by the band with Tony Cohen.
The singles from the album were, "I'm Gonna Release Your Soul" in April, and "You Wanna Be Loved" in August. The promotional film clip for "I'm Gonna Release Your Soul", directed by Tony Mahony, was nominated as 'Best Video' at the ARIA Music Awards of 1995.
You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel is the fourth album for Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes (also seen as Dave Graney with the Coral Snakes). For their previous album, Night of the Wolverine (April 1993), the band had signed with PolyGram, Andrew Picouleau (ex-Sacred Cowboys) provided the bass guitar and Tony Cohen co-produced. The band toured backing Hunters & Collectors, then The Cruel Sea before heading their own tour. The album and tours had raised their profile with mainstream music critics.
The band's fourth album, You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel, which peaked at No. 10 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Album Charts, was released in June 1994. The line-up was Graney on vocals, Clare Moore on drums and percussion, Robin Casinader on keyboards, violin and mandolin, Rob Hayward on lead guitar and earlier member, Gordy Blair back on bass guitar. It was also co-produced by the group with Cohen. The singles from the album were, "I'm Gonna Release Your Soul" in April, and "You Wanna Be Loved" in August. Promotional film clip for "I'm Gonna Release Your Soul", directed by Mahony, was nominated as 'Best Video' in 1995.
The limited edition album, the first 1,000 copies, included a bonus disc, Unbuttoned, with seven extra tracks.
You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel was released in the UK and Europe on This Way Up label in 1996, with a different cover and a different track listing.
Allmusic's Jonathan Lewis said the album was released "At a time when grunge was still a potent force, ... Graney continued to defy trends by releasing successful albums that owed more to lounge music than they did '70s rock". Ed Nimmervoll described Graney, "he had everything going for him - critics, the audience and the record company ... reinvent himself in line with the expectation, and did, changing into the larger-than-life satin-suited rock and roll hustler". Ian McFarlane said the band "consolidated their new-found success with the album".
Original Australian release
Unbuttoned
1996 European release
Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes members
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