Electric Digger Dandy
Australian album cover
Studio album by James Reyne
Released	June 1991
Recorded	1990–1991
Genre	Rock
Length	47:00
Label	Free City Music/Virgin (Australia) Charisma (US)
Producer	Simon Hussey
James Reyne chronology
Hard Reyne (1989) Electric Digger Dandy (1991) The Best (1992)
Singles from Electric Digger Dandy
"Slave" Released: May 1991 "Any Day Above Ground" Released: July 1991 "Some People" Released: November 1991
Alternative cover
US album cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Electric Digger Dandy is the third solostudio album by Australian singer/songwriterJames Reyne released in June 1991. The album was released in the United States asAny Day Above Ground. The album peaked at number 3 on theARIA Charts and remains Reyne's highest-charting album.^[2]

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 theAustralian Crawl song "Reckless".

Tomas Mureika ofAllMusic wrote that on "Electric Digger Dandy Reyne expanded his musical boundaries with collaborations withJim Vallance andTony 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."^[3]

1. "Some People" (J. Reyne,J. Vallance) – 4:13
2. "Slave" (J. Reyne, J. Vallance) – 4:13
3. "Reckless" (J. Reyne) – 5:19
4. "Any Day Above Ground" (J. Reyne) – 3:38
5. "Take a Giant Step" (J. Reyne,S. Hussey) – 5:10
6. "Company of Strangers" (J. Reyne, S. Hussey) – 4:05
7. "Black and Blue World" (J. Reyne,B. Goldsmith) – 4:06
8. "Stood Up" (J. Hiatt) – 4:52
9. "Outback Woman" (J. Reyne,T. J. White) – 3:38
10. "Water, Water" (J. Reyne) – 5:40
11. "Lay Your Weary Head Down" (J. Reyne) – 2:34

• James Reyne – vocals, guitar
• Jef Scott – guitars, bass, vocals
• Simon Hussey – keyboards, producer
• John Watson – drums

• 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

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