| Home Fires | ||||
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| Released | November 1995 | |||
| Venue | Beach House, Avoca Beach, NSW [1] | |||
| Genre | Country, Pop rock [1] | |||
| Length | 40:32 [1] | |||
| Label | Massive Records | |||
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Home Fires is the second studio album by Australian country music band Dead Ringer Band. The album was released in November 1995.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1996, the album won the ARIA Award for Best Country Album. [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Home Fires" | Darren Coggan | 3:12 |
| 2. | "More About Love" (also known as "That's More About Love Than I Wanted to Know") | Bucky Jones, Dickey Lee, Bob McDill | 3:27 |
| 3. | "Always Be Me" | Kasey Chambers | 3:35 |
| 4. | "Australian Son" | Bill Chambers, K. Chambers, Nash Chambers | 2:19 |
| 5. | "Honky Tonk from Hell" | Pat Drummond | 3:43 |
| 6. | "I'd Go Home if I Had One" | B. Chambers, N. Chambers, Vernon Rust | 2:54 |
| 7. | "Why" | N. Chambers, Jodi Martin | 3:26 |
| 8. | "Family Man" | B. Chambers, N. Chambers | 3:32 |
| 9. | "Burning Flame" | N. Chambers | 3:11 |
| 10. | "I Just Wanted To See You So Bad" | Lucinda Williams | 2:34 |
| 11. | "Sin City" | Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons | 2:52 |
| 12. | "Guitar Talk" | K. Chambers | 2:07 |
| 13. | "Gypsy Bound" | K. Chambers | 3:50 |
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | November 1995 | Massive | 7310752 |
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