Kev's Back (The Return of the Yobbo)

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Kev's Back
(The Return of the Yobbo)
Return of the Yobbo.jpg
Studio album by
Kevin Bloody Wilson
Released1985
Genre Comedy/Australian humour
Label Both Barrels Music
Producer Kevin Bloody Wilson
Kevin Bloody Wilson chronology
Your Average Australian Yobbo
(1984)		Kev's Back
(The Return of the Yobbo)
(1985)		 Born Again Piss Tank
(1987)

Kev's Back (The Return of the Yobbo) is the second album by the bawdy Australian singer/comedian Kevin Bloody Wilson. The album won the first ever ARIA Award for "Best Comedy Release" and was nominated for "Highest Selling Album". [1] The album includes what is claimed by critics to be overtly racist humour. [2]

Contents

The song, "Living Next Door to Alan", is a parody of New World's "Living Next Door to Alice", and is about an indigenous family claiming land next door to millionaire Alan Bond. [2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Dennis Bryant. [3]

  1. "The Last Lager Waltz"
  2. "That's What He Really Said"
  3. "Kev's Courtin' Song"
  4. "Breathe Through My Ears"
  5. "Mick the Master Farter"
  6. "Living Next Door To Alan"
  7. "The Pubic Hair Song"
  8. "It Was Over" (Kev's Lament)
  9. "Dick'taphone"
  10. "Hey Santa Claus"

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1985–87)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [4] 20
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [5] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1986)Position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [6] 11
Chart (1987)Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [7] 25

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [8] 4× Platinum280,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. ↑ "Artist: Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson". History by Artist. Aria Awards. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
  2. 1 2 Rainbird, Mark (2004). "Humour, Multiculturalism and 'Political Correctness' (Refereed paper presented to the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference University of Adelaide 29 September – 1 October 2004)" (PDF). Adelaide University. Archived from the original (pdf (25 pages)) on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
  3. ↑ "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
  4. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 340. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  5. ↑ "Charts.nz – Kevin Bloody Wilson – Kev's Back". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 438. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  7. ↑ "Top Selling Albums of 1987 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2018 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
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