First and Foremost

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First and Foremost
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Compilation album by
Released16 August 2008
Recorded1996/1997
Genre Pop, jazz
Label Universal Music Australia
David Campbell chronology
The Swing Sessions 2
(2007)
First and Foremost
(2008)
Good Lovin'
(2008)

First and Foremost is a compilation album of songs by Australian singer David Campbell. The album was released in August 2008 and contains tracks from his earlier Polydor Records recordings from 1996 and 1997, alongside a previously unreleased song from that time. Most of the tracks appeared on his albums, Yesterday Is Now and Taking the Wheel .

Contents

The album was released during Campbell's time as a singing mentor on It Takes Two (Australian TV series) (2007-2008) and with his two previous albums (released by Sony Music Australia), both being top 10, platinum selling albums.

Track listing

CD/DD
  1. "On Such a Night as This" (Marshall Barer, Hugh Martin)- 2:39
  2. "Grateful" (John Bucchino) - 4:38
  3. "Whatever Happened to Melody" (Ray Jessel, Cynthia Thompson)- 3:25
  4. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)- 5:01
  5. "Old Devil Moon" (Burton Lane, Yip Harburg) - 3:12
  6. "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Irving Berlin) - 3"08
  7. "Let Me Sing And I'm Happy" - 2:16
  8. "I Got Rhythm" (George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin) - 2:38
  9. "The Nearness Of You" / "Not A Day Goes By" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington, Stephen Sondheim) - 5:06
  10. "Storybook" (Frank Wildhorn, Nan Knighton) - 3:10
  11. "Yard Sale" (Tom Andersen) - 5:43
  12. "Errol Flynn" (Gordon Hunt, Amanda McBroom)- 3:38
  13. "Mr Tanner" (Harry Chapin) - 5:06
  14. "I Have Dreamed" (Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) - 3:57
  15. "Only Heaven Knows" (Alex Harding) - 3:13
  16. "Taking The Wheel" (John Bucchino) - 3:54
  17. "A Kid Inside" (Craig Carnelia) - 3:35
  18. "It Will Always Be You" (Acoustic Version) 4:43

Charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Australian Jazz and Blues Albums (ARIA Charts) [1] 16

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelCatalogue
Australia16 August 2008 CD, [2] digital download [3] Universal Music Australia 1781086

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References

  1. "The ARIA Report Week Commencing ~ 25th August 2008 ~ Issue #965" (PDF). webarchive.nla.gov.au. 25 August 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
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  3. "First and Foremost by David Campbell". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 13 May 2016.