Bill Lawry... This is Your Life | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 7 December 1997 | |||
Recorded | The Loft, Mittagong, November 1997 | |||
Genre | Spoken word, Comedy | |||
Length | 49:43 | |||
Label | EMI Music | |||
Producer | Billy Birmingham, David Froggatt | |||
The Twelfth Man chronology | ||||
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Bill Lawry... This is Your Life is the fifth album released by The Twelfth Man. Released on 7 December 1997, it reached number one on the ARIA Album Charts for two weeks. The album contains special guest vocals from Jimmy Barnes, John Farnham, and Merv Hughes. [1]
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1998, the album was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release losing to Paul McDermott's Unplugged Good News Week Tapes: Volume 1. [2]
An episode of This Is Your Life is aired about Bill Lawry, with many of Bill's friends and rivals making appearances. There is a running gag throughout that Richie is none too impressed by Bill receiving an episode of This Is Your Life before him and not inviting him to a party in the city. Another running gag is Bill Lawry repeatedly calling host Mike Munro, Matt Munro.
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Chart (1997/98) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] | 1 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [4] | 27 |
Chart (1997) | Position |
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Australian (ARIA Charts) [5] | 17 |
Australian artist (ARIA Charts) | 7 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [6] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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