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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}}
{{Infobox album
| name = For the Working Class Man
| type = studio
| artist = [[Jimmy Barnes]]
| cover = Workingclassmanalbum.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Australian version
| released = December 4, 1985
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Hard rock]]
| length = 44:00
| label = [[Mushroom Records|Mushroom]]
| producer = [[Mark Opitz]], [[Jonathan Cain]], Gary Gersh, Chas Sanford
| prev_title = [[Bodyswerve]]
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = [[Freight Train Heart]]
| next_year = 1987
| misc = {{Singles
| name = For the Working Class Man
| type = studio
| single1 = [[I'd Die to Be with You Tonight]]
| single1date = 26 August 1985<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/2CHn5GC.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 581 – 26 August 1985 > Singles: New Releases|publisher=[[Kent Music Report]]|via=Imgur.com|access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref>
| single2 = [[Working Class Man]]
| single2date = November 1985
| single3 = [[Ride the Night Away]]
| single3date = February 1986
}} {{Extra album cover
| header = ''Jimmy Barnes / A Week Away from Paradise''
| type = studio
| cover = Jimmybarnesalbum.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = American version
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =[[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/jimmy-barnes-mw0000740918|title=Jimmy Barnes|last=Ruhlmann|first=William|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>
| rev2 =''[[Kerrang!]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Dickson | first1 = Dave | title = [[Kerrang!]] | chapter = Jimmy Barnes 'A Week Away from Paradise' | volume = 123 | publisher = United Magazines ltd. | date = 26 June 1986 | location = London, UK | pages = 10 }}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''For the Working Class Man''''' is the second studio album by former [[Cold Chisel]] frontman [[Jimmy Barnes]], released in December 1985. The album consists of five original tracks and seven remixed tracks that had previously been released on Barnes' 1984 debut album ''[[Bodyswerve]]''.

==Details==
''For the Working Class Man'' (re-titled ''Jimmy Barnes'' for the international market—after the original title of ''A Week Away from Paradise'' was scrapped—with a slightly altered track listing and different cover artwork) was specifically geared toward securing Barnes a break into the [[United States|American]] music market by [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]. The new material found on the album was recorded in [[New York City|New York]] and [[Los Angeles]] with a variety of high-profile American producers, session musicians, and outside songwriters. [[Journey (band)|Journey]]'s [[Jonathan Cain]] contributed, produced and performed on two tracks, "[[Working Class Man]]" (which has since become Barnes' [[signature song]] as a solo artist after being featured in the [[Ron Howard]] film ''[[Gung Ho (film)|Gung Ho]]'') and "American Heartbeat", [[Steven Van Zandt]] of [[Bruce Springsteen|Bruce Springsteen's]] [[E Street Band]] co-wrote "Ride the Night Away", Chas Sandford penned "[[I'd Die to Be with You Tonight]]" and "Without Your Love" was co-written with former [[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]] keyboardist [[Tony Carey]].

In 2010 the album was remastered and reissued under the title "''For the Working Class Man 25''" under license to Liberation Music for Australia and New Zealand. This reissue has the same songs in the same order as the original release, however, four of the tracks ("I'd Die to Be with You Tonight", "Ride the Night Away", "Working Class Man" and "No Second Prize") were extensively reworked in 2009 by David Nicholas (for DNA Productions) resulting in significantly different track lengths. The album cover of the reissue is derived from the original Australian version; the most significant differences being the addition of an outer black square framing border, a bold black number "25" in the lower left hand corner while the main photograph has an (apparently) deeper red saturation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jimmy Barnes – For The Working Class Man 25|date=2 July 2010 |url=http://www.discogs.com/Jimmy-Barnes-For-The-Working-Class-Man-25/release/6320026|publisher=Discogs|access-date=14 November 2015|quote=Liberation Music – LMCD0076}}</ref>

In October 2010, ''For the Working Class Man'', was listed in the book, ''[[100 Best Australian Albums]]''.<ref name="ODonnell">{{Cite book | title = [[100 Best Australian Albums]] | last1 = O'Donnell | first1 = John | author-link1 = John O'Donnell (music journalist) | last2 = Creswell | first2=Toby | author-link2 = Toby Creswell | last3 = Mathieson | first3 = Craig | author-link3 = Craig Mathieson | publisher = Hardie Grant Books | date = October 2010 | location = [[Prahran, Victoria|Prahran, Vic]] | isbn = 978-1-74066-955-9 }}</ref>

As of 2012, ''For the Working Class Man'' has sold more than 500,000 copies (7 x Platinum) in Barnes' native Australia.

In October 2017, a two disc "Commemorative Edition" of the album was released; the first disc contains the original album remastered by Don Bartley, the second disc (a DVD) contains a live performance from 1984. This release coincided with the release of Barnes' memoir '[[Working Class Man (memoir)|Working Class Man]]', as well as his spoken word tour of the same name, starting in 2018.<ref>[https://www.jimmybarnes.com/news/jimmy-barnes-announces-working-class-man-an-evening-of-stories-songs-national-tour/ Jimmy Barnes announces Working Class Man: An Evening of Stories & Songs national tour]</ref>

==Track listing==

===''For the Working Class Man''===
{{tracklist
| headline = Side one
| title1 = [[I'd Die to Be with You Tonight]]
| writer1 = Chas Sandford
| length1 = 4:02

| title2 = [[Ride the Night Away]]
| writer2 = [[Steven Van Zandt]], Steve Jordan
| length2 = 4:26

| title3 = American Heartbeat
| writer3 = [[Jonathan Cain]]
| length3 = 4:10
}}

{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| title1 = [[Working Class Man]]
| writer1 = Cain
| length1 = 3:33

| title2 = Without Your Love
| writer2 = [[Jimmy Barnes]], [[Tony Carey]]
| length2 = 4:28
}}

{{tracklist
| headline = Side three
| title1 = [[No Second Prize (song)|No Second Prize]]
| writer1 = Barnes
| length1 = 3:42

| title2 = Vision
| writer2 = Barnes
| length2 = 3:08

| title3 = [[Promise Me You'll Call]]
| writer3 = Barnes
| length3 = 3:33

| title4 = Boys Cry Out for War
| writer4 = Barnes
| length4 = 3:58
}}

{{tracklist
| headline = Side four
| title1 = [[Daylight (Jimmy Barnes song)|Daylight]]
| writer1 = Barnes
| length1 = 3:21

| title2 = Thickskinned
| writer2 = Barnes, [[Ray Arnott]]
| length2 = 3:30

| title3 = Paradise
| writer3 = Barnes
| length3 = 2:45
}}

===''Jimmy Barnes / A Week Away from Paradise''===
{{tracklist
| headline = Side one
| title1 = No Second Prize
| writer1 = Barnes
| length1 = 3:42

| title2 = I'd Die to Be with You Tonight
| writer2 = Sandford
| length2 = 4:02

| title3 = Working Class Man
| writer3 = Cain
| length3 = 3:33

| title4 = Promise Me You'll Call
| writer4 = Barnes
| length4 = 3:33

| title5 = Boys Cry Out for War
| writer5 = Barnes
| length5 = 3:58
}}

{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Paradise
| writer1 = Barnes
| length1 = 2:45

| title2 = Without Your Love
| writer2 = Barnes, Carey
| length2 = 4:28

| title3 = American Heartbeat
| writer3 = Cain
| length3 = 4:10

| title4 = Thickskinned
| writer4 = Barnes, Arnott
| length4 = 3:30

| title5 = Ride the Night Away
| writer5 = Van Zandt, Jordan
| length5 = 4:26

| title6 = Daylight
| writer6 = Barnes
| length6 = 3:21
}}

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1985–87)
! scope="col" | Peak<br>position
|-
! scope="row" | Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="AUS">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| 1
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|2|artist=Jimmy Barnes|album=For The Working Class Man|rowheader=true|access-date=5 February 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|109|artist=Jimmy Barnes|rowheader=true|access-date=5 February 2022}}
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (2017)
! scope="col" | Peak<br>position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|23|artist=Jimmy Barnes|album=For The Working Class Man|rowheader=true|access-date=5 February 2022}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1986)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
! scope="row" | Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name="AUS" />
| 3
|-
! scope="row" | New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1986-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1986 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music New Zealand]]|access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref>
| 4
|-
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|artist=Jimmy Barnes|title=For the Working Class Man|award=Platinum|number=7|relyear=1985|certyear=1998|access-date=5 February 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=album|artist=Jimmy Barnes|title=For the Working Class Man|award=Platinum|relyear=1985|id=1986-09-26|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|certyear=1986}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==Personnel==
*Jimmy Barnes - lead vocals
*[[Tommy Thayer]], Chas Sandford, Mal Eastick, [[Waddy Wachtel]], [[Dave Amato]], [[Charlie Sexton]], [[Billy Burnette]], Chris Stockley, Johnny Lee - guitar
*[[Randy Jackson]], [[Kenny Gradney]], Bruce Howe - bass
*[[Tony Braunagel]], [[Mick Fleetwood]], [[Tony Brock]], [[Ray Arnott]] - drums
*[[Jonathan Cain]], William Smith, [[Bill Payne]] - keyboards
*Arno Lewis - percussion
*[[Kim Carnes]], Maxine Willard, Julia Tillman, Dave Amato, Jonathan Cain, [[Renée Geyer]], [[Venetta Fields]], Shauna Jenson - backing vocals
*Chris Stockley - mandolin
*Barry Gray & Viv Riley - bagpipes

==See also==
* [[List of number-one albums in Australia during the 1980s]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Jimmy Barnes}}

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[[Category:1985 albums]]
[[Category:Jimmy Barnes albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Mark Opitz]]
[[Category:Geffen Records albums]]
[[Category:Mushroom Records albums]]
[[Category:Working-class culture]]

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