Mona Lisas

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Mona Lisas
Mona Lisas by Judith Durham.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1996 (U.K.)
Recorded Abbey Road Studios
Genre Easy listening, folk, world, country
Label EMI Records
Producer Gus Dudgeon
Judith Durham chronology
Let Me Find Love
(1994)
Mona Lisas
(1996)
Future Road
(1997)
Australian re-release
Always There by Judith Durham.jpg
Always There cover

Mona Lisas is the seventh studio album by Australian recording artist Judith Durham. The album consists of mainly 1960s and 1970s covers. It was released in the United Kingdom in March 1996 and debuted and peaked at 46. The album was released in Australia on 16 September 1996 in its original form before being repackaged in September 1997 under the title Always There and included a slightly altered track listing, including the ARIA top twenty single, "I Am Australian". [1]

Contents

Track listing

Mona Lisas track listing
  1. "Catch the Wind" (Donovan) - 3:12
  2. "Love Song" (Lesley Duncan) - 4:34
  3. "Someone Out There" (Charlie Dore and Barbara Dickson) - 3:57
  4. "Heart On My Sleeve" (Gallagher and Lyle) - 3:27
  5. "Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There is a Season)" (Traditional and Pete Seeger) - 3:52
  6. "Adios Amor" (Tom Springfield and Norman Newell) - 2:44
  7. "Saltwater"(Julian Lennon, Mark Spiro and Leslie Spiro) - 3:43
  8. "Northern Lights" (Betty Thatcher and Michael Dunford) - 5:07
  9. "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" (Jimmy Holiday, Jackie DeShannon and Randy Myers) - 3:01
  10. "Morning Has Broken" (Traditional, Eleanor Farjeon Music Arranged Ian Lynn) - 4:52
  11. "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" (Elton John and Bernie Taupin) - 5:10
  12. "You've Got a Friend" (Carole King) - 4:36
  13. "End of the World" (Sylvia Dee and Arthur Kent) - 4:05
Always There track listing
  1. "Always There" (Terry McArthur, John Kane and Genni Kane)
  2. "Catch the Wind"
  3. "Love Song"
  4. "Someone Out There"
  5. "Northern Lights"
  6. "Adios Amor"
  7. "Morning Has Broken"
  8. "Put a Little Love in Your Heart"
  9. "Saltwater"
  10. "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters"
  11. "You've Got a Friend"
  12. "I Am Australian" (Bruce Woodley) (with Russell Hitchcock & Mandawuy Yunupingu)
  13. "End of the World"

Charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [2] 46

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References

  1. "About Judith Durham". Judith Durham. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 September 2016.