Breakfast at Sweethearts

Breakfast at Sweethearts is the second studio album by Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel, released in February 1979.

[2] Walker later said, "As a whole set of songs, it painted a picture of a certain time and a certain place which is very close to my heart.

Batchens would later admit that this was an unhappy period of his life, and the band felt he was overly critical and the recording suffered from lack of spontaneity.

Barnes added, "We went into the studio with him and it was absolutely disastrous - we were in a shit room with this bad tempered cunt.

[10] AllMusic said, "the songs on this album may comprise the best set of any of the band's non-compilation studio discs," but notes, "it is a masterpiece tainted by a poor recording job."

The reviewer notes, "Don Walker's songwriting -- and his storycrafting around local references -- could engage a listener underwater."

[14] The third single from the album, "Shipping Steel", was described as, "Gutsy Australian hard rock and the best thing Chisel have done since the marvelous "Khe Sanh".