The 25th Anniversary Album

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The 25th Anniversary Album
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Studio album by
Released24 March 2017
Genre Country
Label ABC Music
Lee Kernaghan chronology
Spirit of the Anzacs
(2015)
The 25th Anniversary Album
(2017)
Backroad Nation
(2019)
Singles from The 25th Anniversary Album
  1. "Outback Club Reunion"
    Released: January 2017

The 25th Anniversary Album is the fourteenth studio album by Australian country singer Lee Kernaghan. It was released digitally and physically in Australia on 24 March 2017 through ABC Music.

Contents

Background and release

On 19 January 2017, the album was announced to mark the 25th anniversary of Kernaghan's country number one single, "Boys from the Bush", and the release of his debut album, The Outback Club (1992). [1] Kernaghan has since had 34 number one hits on the Australian country music charts, won 36 Golden Guitars and has sold over two million albums in Australia. Kernaghan also performed a 25th anniversary show in Tamworth on 26 January 2017. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Drive On" – 2:51
  2. "Back in '92" (featuring James Blundell) – 3:09
  3. "Yaraka Dust" – 3:03
  4. "Outback Club Reunion" – 4:00
  5. "Island of Oceans" (with John Williamson) – 2:45
  6. "Trip Around the Sun" (with The McClymonts) – 3:20
  7. "Damn Good Mates" (with The Wolfe Brothers) – 3:02
  8. "Walk a Country Mile" (with Troy Cassar-Daley and Kasey Chambers) – 3:46
  9. "High Country" (with Robby) – 3:23
  10. "Ned Kelly" (with Adam Harvey) – 3:52
  11. "Dumb Things" (with Adam Brand) – 2:41
  12. "Somewhere Between" (with Tania Kernaghan) – 3:01
  13. "Nothin' On" – 3:23

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] 2
Australian Country Albums (ARIA) [4] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2017)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] 77
ARIA Country Albums Chart [6] 3

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelCatalogue
Australia24 March 2017Mirabai, ABC Music, Universal Music Australia LEE9898

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