Frontierland (album)

Frontierland
Studio album by Ed Kuepper
Released	September 1996
Recorded	1996
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	Hot
Producer	Ed Kuepper Phil Punch
Ed Kuepper chronology
Exotic Mail Order Moods (1995) Frontierland (1996) Starstruck: Music for Films & Adverts (1996)

Frontierland is the twelfth solo album by Australian guitarist and songwriter Ed Kuepper recorded in 1996 and released on the Hot label. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Frontierland was nominated for an ARIA for the Best Independent Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 1997. ^[3]

The Allmusic review by Jack Rabid awarded the album 4 stars and states "here we find Kuepper more successfully tackling mood rock... a non-compromising, neo-ambient, warm soundtrack-like post-punk album". ^[2]

Musician Dave Graney said, "I don't think Ed Kuepper's Frontierland was lauded and respected as the major work of a great songwriter, player, and studio cat that it was." ^[4]

Track listing

All writing by Ed Kuepper.

1. "All of These Things" – 4:45
2. "Fireman Joe" – 4:23
3. "The Weepin' Willow" – 4:49
4. "How Would You Plead?" – 3:20
5. "M.D.D.P. Limited" – 4:37
6. "Pushin' Fear II" – 6:41
7. "Rough Neck Blues" – 3:20
8. "Someone Told Me" – 3:30
9. "Poor Howard" – 4:59

Personnel

• Ed Kuepper – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, mandolin
• Charlie Cole – Mellotron, keyboards, military drums
• Clayton Doley – organ, pedal bass
• Jerome – electric bass
• Adam Armstrong (track 5), Paul Burton (track 2) – double bass
• Mark Collins – banjo
• Christian Marsh – chromatic harmonica
• James Greening – trombone, tuba
• Miroslav Bukovsky – trumpet
• Sir Alfonso – loops, samples
• Mark Dawson – drums, octopad
• Phil Hartel – violin (track 1)
• Mark Punch – electric guitar, backing vocals (track 1)
• Chad Wackerman – drums (track 2)
• Paula Punch Singers (track 9), The Sergeants Three (tracks 3 and 6) – backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5]	103

References

1. "The Kuepper Files: Discography" . Retrieved 8 July 2010.
2. Rabid, J. Allmusic Review accessed 8 July 2010
3. "11th Annual ARIA Awards". Archived from the original on 22 December 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
4. Hall, Matthew (May 1998). "Dave Graney". Rolling Stone Australia . No. 548. Sydney, NSW: Tilmond Pty Ltd. p. 48.
5. "Ed Kuepper ARIA chart history June 1988 to May 2025". ARIA. Retrieved 17 June 2025– via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.