Quasimodo's Dream is the second album by Australian group The Reels

The Reels

The Reels is an Australian rock/indie pop group which formed in Dubbo, New South Wales in 1976 and initially disbanded in 1991, they eventually reformed in 2007. Their 1981 song, "Quasimodo's Dream", was voted one of the Top 10 Australian songs of all time by a 100-member panel from Australasian...

, released in May 1981 by Polygram Records. It is considered to be the band's best work and contains the iconic title track, which was voted as number 10 on APRA's list of Top 30 Australian songs

APRA Top 30 Australian songs

APRA's Top 30 Australian songs between 1926 and 2001 was a list created by the Australasian Performing Right Association to celebrate its 75th anniversary...

. Other singles from the album include "After the News" and "Shout and Deliver". The song "According to My Heart", a cover of the 1961 Jim Reeves

Jim Reeves

James Travis Reeves , better known as Jim Reeves, was an American country and popular music singer-songwriter. With records charting from the 1950s to the 1980s, he became well-known for being a practitioner of the Nashville sound...

 song had been included on the album against the wishes of the band, as a result of this, there was a sticker on the inner sleeve that said "Due to Record Company Pressure This Album Contains The Hit Single According To My Heart".

Quasimodo's Dream peaked in the top 30 of the Australian Kent Music Report

Kent Music Report

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998...

 Albums Chart. In October 2010, it was listed in the top 40 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums

100 Best Australian Albums

100 Best Australian Albums is a compendium of rock and pop albums of the past 50 years as compiled by music journalists Toby Creswell, Craig Mathieson and John O'Donnell. The book was published on 25 October 2010 by Hardie Grant Books...

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In October 2011, the album was finally reissued on CD by Liberation Records in what was the 30th anniversary of its release. This had a different track listing and combined the three "Media Themes" instrumentals into one track.

Track listing

Side One

1. "For All We Know" (D. Mason)
2. "Quasimodo's Dream
   Quasimodo's Dream (song)
   "Quasimodo's Dream" is a song by Australian pop, New Wave band The Reels and was released as the title single off their second album, Quasimodo's Dream in May 1981. The album peaked at No. 27 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart but the single did not reach the Top 50 of the...
   
   " (D. Mason)
3. "According to My Heart" (G. Walker)
4. "After the News
   After the News
   "After the News" was a song by The Reels that was released as a single from their second album Quasimodo's Dream in July 1980. The song fared disappointingly on the charts, peaking at number 65 in Australia. The single was accompanied by a colourful video that features a puppet newsreader. The...
   
   " (D. Mason)
5. "Colourful Clothes" (D. Mason/C. Hooper)
6. "Shout and Deliver
   Shout and Deliver
   Shout and Deliver is a song by The Reels, which was released as a single from their second album Quasimodo's Dream in March 1981. The single peaked at number 43 on the Australian charts.-References:*...
   
   " (D. Mason)

Side Two

1. "Dubbo Go Go" (D. Mason)
2. "Smokey Dawson Show" (D. Mason)
3. "Depression" (D. Mason)
4. "Rupert Murdoch" (D. Mason/C. Newham)
5. "Kitchen Man" (D. Mason/C. Newham)
6. "Ohira Tour" (D. Mason/K. Ansell/C. Hooper)
7. "Cancer" (D. Mason/C. Hooper)

CD Reissue

1. "Quasimodo's Dream" – 4:10
2. "Shout and Deliver" – 2:43
3. "After the News" – 2:52
4. "According to My Heart" – 3:14
5. "Depression" – 3:04
6. "Colourful Clothes" – 2:24
7. "For all We Know" – 2:35
8. "Media Themes - Smokey Dawson Show/Rupert Murdoch/Ohira Tour" – 3:45
9. "Cancer" – 3:33
10. "Dubbo Go Go" – 5:34
11. "Kitchen Man" – 5:27