Australiana (album)

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Australiana
Australiana by Slim Dusty.png
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1974
Genre Country
Label EMI Music
Producer Peter Dawkins
Slim Dusty chronology
Tall Stories and Sad Songs
(1973)
Australiana
(1974)
Dinki Di Aussies
(1974)

Australiana is a studio album released by Australian country music singer Slim Dusty in August 1974. The album peaked at number 96 on the Kent Music Report.

Contents

The album won Album of the Year at the 1975 Country Music Awards of Australia. [1]

Track listing

LP/Cassette
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Grandfather Johnson" Joy McKean 4:18
2."Clancy of the Overflow" A. B. Paterson, Slim Dusty3:10
3."The Lame Fiddler"E. Harrington, Dusty4:27
4."A Squatters Prayer"Tom Oliver, Dusty2:54
5."Henry Lawson" Stan Coster 2:54
6."Drought Time"Mack Cormack, Dusty3:57
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stick It to Him, Bluey"Margaret White, Dusty2:20
2."Written Afterwards" Henry Lawson, Dusty3:04
3."The Bequest"Oliver, Dusty3:09
4."The Pubs Still Make a Quid"Bryan Clark, Dusty3:09
5."A Drover's Run"Wally Dowling, Dusty2:56
6."Last of the Breed"Coster2:57

Weekly charts

Chart (1974)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) Albums Chart [2] 96

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelCatalogue
AustraliaAugust 1974
Columbia Records, EMI Music SCXA 8018
Australia1996
EMI7801592

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References

  1. "1970'S". CMAA. Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  2. David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992"