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Released | August 2000 | |||
Length | 65:53 | |||
Label | EMI Music | |||
Producer | John Williamson | |||
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Anthems (subtitled A Celebration of Australia) is a greatest hits album by Australian country music artist John Williamson and was released in August 2000. The album features 20 of Williamson's most patriotic recordings, [1] peaked at number 16 on the ARIA Charts and was certified gold.
The album's release co-incided with the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney in which Williamson performed.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "True Blue" | John Williamson | 4:02 |
2. | "Home Among The Gum Trees" | Wally Johnson, Bob Brown | 2:48 |
3. | "Rip Rip Woodchip" | Williamson | 3:02 |
4. | "This Ancient Land: Corroboree 2000" (featuring Jimmy Little) | Williamson | 3:10 |
5. | "Galleries of Pink Galahs" | Williamson | 4:09 |
6. | "Diggers of the Anzac" | Williamson | 3:37 |
7. | "Sydney 2000" | Williamson | 3:26 |
8. | "Advance Australia Fair" | Peter Dodds McCormick | 1:15 |
9. | "River Crying Out" | Williamson | 3:34 |
10. | "This Is Australia Calling" | Williamson | 3:31 |
11. | "The Land of the Truly Free" | Williamson | 3:11 |
12. | "My Oath to Australia" | Williamson | 2:59 |
13. | "Diamantina Drover" | Hugh McDonald | 3:03 |
14. | "Raining on the Rock" (featuring Warren H. Williams) | Williamson | 4:15 |
15. | "A Flag of Our Own" | Williamson | 3:30 |
16. | "Sir Don" | Williamson | 3:12 |
17. | "The Baggy Green" (with Steve Waugh) | Williamson, Steve Waugh, Gavin Robinson, | 2:54 |
18. | "A Number on My Back" (The Wallaby Anthem) | Williamson | 3:36 |
19. | "Waltzing Matilda 2000" (with 100,000 voices at the Bledisloe Cup [August 1999]) | Banjo Patterson | 3:50 |
20. | "Shelter" | Eric Bogle | 2:49 |
Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [2] | 16 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [3] | Gold | 35,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Country | Date | Format | Label | Catalogue |
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Australia | August 2000 | GumLeaf, EMI Music | 724352768127 | |
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