Looking Forward Looking Back | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 12, 2000 | |||
Recorded | 2000 | |||
Studio | Columbia Lane Studios, Electric Avenue Studios, Studios 301, The Music Cellar | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 44:45 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Producer | Rod Coe, Phil Punch | |||
Slim Dusty chronology | ||||
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Looking Forward Looking Back is the 56th studio album by Australian country music singer-songwriter (1927-2003), Slim Dusty. This album was Slim Dusty's 100th album release.
Looking Forward Looking Back was celebrated with a special Network 9 This Is Your Life event presentation by Mike Munro.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001, the album won the ARIA Award for Best Country Album. The album was also nominated for Highest Selling Album.
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Looking Forward Looking Back" | Don Walker | 3:12 |
2. | "Never Was at All" | Norma O'Hara Murphy | 3:15 |
3. | "There's a Rainbow Over the Rock" | Kevin Bloody Wilson | 2:57 |
4. | "Matilda No More" (featuring Kasey Chambers) | Eric Bogle | 3:41 |
5. | "The Bloke Who Serves the Beer" | Peter Denahy | 3:00 |
6. | "Paddy William" | O'Hara Murphy | 4:32 |
7. | "Clean Up Our Own Backyard" | Joy McKean | 2:24 |
8. | "Old Time Country Songs" | Slim Dusty | 3:02 |
9. | "A Bad Day's Fishing" | Kevin Bloody Wilson | 2:36 |
10. | "Port Augusta" | Steve Grace | 3:20 |
11. | "Good Heavens Above" | Barry Skipsey | 2:32 |
12. | "Hooks & Ride" | John Quinn, Tom Oliver | 2:17 |
13. | "Keela Valley Coals" | A.E. Brooks, Dusty | 3:17 |
14. | "Memories and Dreams" | Jeff Burton, Michael Fix | 3:09 |
15. | "Looking Forward Looking Back" (reprise) | Walker | 1:31 |
The Travelling Country Band
Additional musicians
Looking Forward Looking Back debuted at number 5 in the Australian album charts and peaked at number 3 in September 2000.
Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [1] | 3 |
Chart (2000) | Position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [2] | 28 |
Australian Country Albums (ARIA) | 1 |
Australian Artist Albums (ARIA) | 9 |
Chart (2001) | Position |
Australian Country Albums (ARIA) [3] | 8 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [4] | 2× Platinum | 140,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Edition(s) | Label | Catalogue |
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Australia | 12 July 2000 [5] | Standard | Slim Dusty Enterprises, EMI Music | 5271602 | |
Australia | 10 June 2016 [6] | Vinyl | EMI Music | 3794225 | |
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