Electric Digger Dandy is the third solo studio album by Australian singer/songwriter James Reyne released in June 1991. The album was released in the United States as Any Day Above Ground. The album peaked at number 3 on the ARIA Charts and remains Reyne's highest-charting album.
The album saw Reyne's return to a more electric sound. It features the singles "Slave", "Any Day Above Ground" and "Some People", as well as a new, acoustic rendition of the Australian Crawl song "Reckless".
Reception
Tomas Mureika of AllMusic wrote that on "Electric Digger Dandy Reyne expanded his musical boundaries with collaborations with Jim Vallance and Tony Joe White. The result is an invigorated Reyne, who seems to be having a great time winding his voice around gorgeous melodies and intense rants alike. Despite its nutty had-to-be-changed-for-America title, Digger Dandy finds a more introspective experimental Reyne, one content to play the music at a lower level and let his words and stiletto voice speak for itself."
Track listing
"Some People" (J. Reyne, J. Vallance) – 4:13
"Slave" (J. Reyne, J. Vallance) – 4:13
"Reckless" (J. Reyne) – 5:19
"Any Day Above Ground" (J. Reyne) – 3:38
"Take a Giant Step" (J. Reyne, S. Hussey) – 5:10
"Company of Strangers" (J. Reyne, S. Hussey) – 4:05
"Black and Blue World" (J. Reyne, B. Goldsmith) – 4:06
"Stood Up" (J. Hiatt) – 4:52
"Outback Woman" (J. Reyne, T. J. White) – 3:38
"Water, Water" (J. Reyne) – 5:40
"Lay Your Weary Head Down" (J. Reyne) – 2:34
Personnel
James Reyne – vocals, guitar
Jef Scott – guitars, bass, vocals
Simon Hussey – keyboards, producer
John Watson – drums
Guests
Mick O'Connor – Hammond organ
Renee Geyer – backing vocals
Gene Black – guitar
C. J. Vanston – keyboards
Scott Griffiths – piano, Hammond organ, keyboards
Steve Housden – guitar solo on "Slave" Richard Pleasance – mandolin Brett Kingman – electric guitar Mark Goldenberg – guitars, keyboards Kenny Aronoff – drums, percussion Jimmie Wood – harmonica Eric Lowen – backing vocals, acoustic guitar Dan Navarro – backing vocals, acoustic guitar Tony Joe White – electric guitar, harmonica, bass, drums John Pierce – bass Byron Berline – fiddle Jim McMains – backing vocals