Great Australian Songbook

Various Artists

Genre: music4me > Rock > Rock

Format: 2 CD

Released: Fri 4 Nov 2011

Catalogue Number: 5335720

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Description:
Without question, one of the most ambitious projects of recent history; THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN SONGBOOK features selections from some of the best Australian recordings from Last Century (CD1) and This Century (CD2).
40 of Australia's finest recording artists have been invited to contribute their cherished recordings in this generation spanning collection of Australian history.
The iconic cover pays tribute to Sir Sidney Nolan's 'Ned Kelly' (1946). It is an original work by acclaimed Australian artist Rolf Harris and was commissioned specifically for The Great Australian Songbook.
This landmark set of recordings will bring great joy to many Australians both in Australian and around the world. It's a lovingly compiled celebration of our music.

A premium edition of The Great Australian Songbook will be released on 25th November housed in a 90 page slipcase-bound journal featuring handwritten lyrics, photos, sketches, paintings and memorabilia which is presented as a double page spread for each song on the compilation.

Track Listing:

Disk 1
1.	Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport - Rolf Harris
2.	Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
3.	Khe Sanh - Cold Chisel
4.	Need You Tonight - INXS
5.	Down Under - Men At Work
6.	Under The Milky Way - The Church
7.	Come Said The Boy - Mondo Rock
8.	You're The Voice - John Farnham
9.	Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool
10.	Friday On My Mind - The Easybeats
11.	Living In The 70's - Skyhooks
12.	Dumb Things - Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girl
13.	Sounds Of Then (This Is Australia) - Ganggajang
14.	Cool Change 2002 - Little River Band
15.	I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
16.	Reckless (Don't Be So) - Australian Crawl
17.	Where The Wild Roses Grow - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Kylie Minogue
18.	Great Southern Land - Icehouse
19.	Heavy Heart - You Am I
20.	Throw Your Arms Around Me - Hunters & Collectors
Disk 2
1.	Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
2.	My Happiness - Powderfinger
3.	Straight Lines - Silverchair
4.	Black Fingernails, Red Wine - Eskimo Joe
5.	4ever - The Veronicas
6.	Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minogue
7.	Walking On A Dream - Empire Of The Sun
8.	Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap
9.	Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye, Kimbra
10.	Zebra - The John Butler Trio
11.	Born To Try - Delta Goodrem
12.	So Beautiful - Pete Murray
13.	Blood - The Middle East
14.	Where I Stood - Missy Higgins
15.	Big Jet Plane - Angus & Julia Stone
16.	All I Want- Sarah Blasko
17.	Amazing - Alex Lloyd
18.	Djarimirri - Gurrumul
19.	Wake Up - The Living End
20.	Woman - Wolfmother