In May 1983, they released their sixth studio album, Watch the Red , which was produced by the Angels, and engineered by Andrew Scott and Al Wright. It peaked at No. 6 on the Australian chart and reached the top 50 in New Zealand. It fulfilled their obligations to CBS and Epic Records and they signed with Mushroom Records with overseas distribution by Music Corporation of America (MCA). Shane Pinnegar of 100% Rock Magazine revisited the album in May 2014 and felt it “wasn’t so much a left turn for The Angels as a widening of their sound palette… [Hilbun was] to surprise the band as much as the fans when he proved to be a very capable sax player… a fascinating album, a collision of intellectual observational lyricism, a manic confrontational mix of personalities in the band, and a need to evolve slightly beyond the straight pub rock they had made a name for themselves playing for the previous ten years.”
In May 1983, they released their sixth studio album, Watch the Red
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