What a Life [Import]

Divinyls | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 11, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Australia
• ASIN: B000008F4C
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #91,760 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Pleasure And Pain

2. Don't You Go Walking

3. Good Die Young

4. Sleeping Beauty

5. Motion

6. In My Life

7. Casual Encounter

8. Heart Telegraph

9. Guillotine Day

10. Dear Diary

Editorial Reviews

1985 album for Aussie new wave act.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What An Album!!!!, January 28, 1999

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[e-mail] (San Antonio, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What a Life (Audio CD)

What A Life is, in my opinion, the best of The Divinyls releases. Much better than their breakthrough self titled 1991 effort. Christina Amphlett's angry and demonic voice blazes through this disc like a bat out of hell. From her schoolgirl confessions on "In My Life" to her pleadings with an abusive lover in "Pleasure And Pain", her vocals are downright saucy. At her best, she sounds like an angel with hell scorched wings on the haunting "Dear Diary". To put it plainly, there is NO voice today like Christina Amphlett's. This cd is out of print in the US, so snap it up before it becomes unavailable forever!!! A great price, too.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Divinyls- The "original" alternative band, June 3, 2003

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Thomas R. Carley Jr. (gresham, oregon United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What a Life (Audio CD)

Before Nirvana, before Godsmack, before Alanis, before anybody considered alternative nowadays, there was Christina Amphlett and the Divinyls, period. This album was made in 1984, when many of todays "alternative" band members were still in diapers.
It is also one of the rare albums, you can play front to back without skipping any songs.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Power-Punk-Pop at it's Best!, August 27, 2005

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Christopher Knight (Frisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What a Life (Audio CD)

Australia has produced some fine bands (Bon Scott's AC/DC) & some absolute rubbish (Men at Work), but none can compare to Christina Amphlett, "The Wonder From Down Under" & her band Divinyls. This is the best of their releases, a truly amazing experiment in powerful, energetic Punk/Pop that has never been duplicated - & judging by the state of music these days - never will!!
This is one of my favorite albums of ALL TIME! "What A Life!" is one of those rare examples of a record that kicks ass from opening note to glorious conclusion; every song, every chord, every lyric intelligently crafted by talented musicians who know how to get a point across to the listener without being pretentious or overbearing. Amphlett's delivery is caustic yet invigorating, raw yet poignant, sweet & sexy yet sinister all at once - a feat only a rare few can attain. Each tune has its own unique identity, yet they blend together seamlessly as if parts of a "concept" album. The instruments accent each other perfectly, & when combined with Amphlett's power they resemble a hard-rocking blues band more than a punk outfit (a la Patti Smith or Concrete Blonde). This record must be listened to in its entirety to get the full impact - cherry-picking is for 80 IQ & under lame-oids!
MTV & VH-1 classify Divinyls as "One-hit Wonders", which shows how much they know about music! Trust me - this band is HOT!! I highly recommend EVERY DIVINYLS RECORD, but this is the best of the best! Do yourself a favor & add "What A Life!" to your collection - you'll never watch music television again!!