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Cargo by  Released29 April 1983Recorded1982 at , , Paradise Studios,  and , , Length42:21 chronology
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Cargo is the second studio album by Australian pop rock band , which was released in April . It peaked at No. 1 on the Australian  Albums Chart, No. 2 in , No. 3 on the United States , and No. 8 on the United Kingdom . Four singles were released from the album, with "" being an international top 10 hit in , , , and US .

Background

Australian pop rock group, , released their second album, Cargo, in April 1983, which peaked at No. 1 – for two weeks – on the Australian  Albums Chart. In  it reached No. 2. The album was recorded and finished by mid-1982 with Peter McIan producing again, but its release was pushed back due to the continued success of their debut album, . On the international market, where Business as Usual was still riding high, Cargo appeared at No. 3 on the , and No. 8 in the UK. The lead single, "", was issued in Australia, ahead of the album, in October 1982; it reached No. 6 there in late 1982 and peaked at No. 28 in the US the following year. The second single "" was released in March 1983 and made it to No. 5 in Australia, and No. 3 in the US. A third single "" followed in June and only reached No. 34 in Australia, but it did peak at No. 6 in the US. The much less successful fourth and final single "" was released in late 1983 and only reached No. 89 in Australia, but did reach No. 23 on the US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. The band toured the world extensively in 1983.

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's Christopher Connelly wrote that Cargo "may lack a track with the body-slamming intensity of 'Who Can It Be Now?' and 'Down Under', but song for song, it is a stronger overall effort than Business as Usual". He chiefly praised the album's dark, paranoid lyrics. John Mendelssohn of Record also felt that none of the tracks measured up to Men at Work's early hits, but went further, saying the album in its entirety is inoffensive but forgettable, with "Upstairs in My House" being the only highlight. He found the band's instrumental solos particularly dull, and assessed that Men at Work's one asset is that "Colin Hay may be the most effortlessly soulful pop singer since ".

In a retrospective review, 's  praised "" and "" as "demonstrating more depth than anything on the debut". However, he asserted that the album parallels their debut in that it focuses on two strong singles while it is "weighed down by filler".

Track listing

All tracks are written by  except as noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length1."" 4:382."" 3:473."Settle Down My Boy" (extended to 4:10 on the 2003 remaster)3:314."Upstairs in My House"Hay, Strykert4:035."No Sign of Yesterday" (extended to 6:34 on the 2003 remaster) 6:156."" (extended to 4:47 on the 2003 remaster) 4:347."" 3:028."Blue for You" 3:559."I Like To"Strykert4:0310."No Restrictions" 4:31