Hand It Down
# Hand It Down

Hand It Down is the second studio album by Australian country music singer-songwriter James Blundell, released in July 1990 by EMI. It was produced by Garth Porter The album peaked at number 50 on the ARIA albums chart. It provided four singles "Age of Grace" (July 1990), "The Blue Heeler" (October), "Water" (1991) and "Time on His Hands" (September). At the 1991 ARIA Music Awards Hand It Down won Best Country Album.

## Background

Australian country music singer-songwriter James Blundell released his second studio album Hand It Down in July 1990. It was recorded across three studios in Sydney: Festival Studios, Studios 301 and Sussex Studios with Garth Porter (Rockwell T. James, the Sherbs, Sunnyboys) producing for EMI Records. Porter also provided keyboards, percussion and piano and co-wrote three tracks with Blundell. Blundell promoted Hand It Down with tours in Australia, United States and Canada. It provided four singles "Age of Grace" (July 1990), "The Blue Heeler" (October), "Water" (1991) and "Time on His Hands" (September).

## Reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |

Megan Bird of The Canberra Times described Hand It Down as "a philosophical blend of ballads and up-tempo rockers which deal with life and the values of old rural Australia and the new urban world." AllMusic's reviewer rated it at three-out-of-five stars.

It debuted at number 77 on the ARIA Albums Chart for the week commencing 6 August 1990 and peaked at number 50 in October 1991. At the 1991 ARIA Music Awards Hand It Down won the Best Country Album.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by James Blundell, unless otherwise noted.

## Personnel

Credits:

Musicians

* James Blundell – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
* Chris Bailey – backing vocals
* James Gillard – bass guitar, backing vocals
* Mark Meyer – drums
* Larry Muhoberac – piano, piano accordion
* Garth Porter – keyboards, percussion, piano
* Mark Punch – guitars (acoustic, electric), backing vocals
* Ian Simpson – banjo

Artisans

* Ted Howard – audio engineer
* Merran Laginestra – assistant engineer
* Garth Porter – producer

## Charts

| Chart (1990–91) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 50 |

## Release history

| Region | Date | Format | Edition(s) | Label | Catalogue |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Australia | July 1990 | CD MC | Standard | EMI Records | 794791 |
