The Essential (Ganggajang album)

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The Essential
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Greatest hits album by
GANGgajang
Released14 February 1996
Recorded1984–1993
Genre World
Length65:33
Label Shock Records
GANGgajang chronology
Lingo
(1994)		The Essential
(1996)		 Chronologica
(2000)

The Essential is a greatest hits album released by GANGgajang in 1996. It features all the tracks from their 1985 self-titled debut and several songs from their other albums.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Callaghan unless otherwise indicated. [1]

  1. "Sounds of Then (This is Australia)" – 3:56
  2. "Gimme Some Lovin" (Callaghan, Graham Bidstrup) [1] – 2:47
  3. "Hundreds Of Languages" (Callaghan, Robert James) [1] – 3:36
  4. "Ordinary World" (Bidstrup, Callaghan, James) [1] – 3:54
  5. "Giver of Life" (Geoffrey Stapleton, Chris Bailey, Callaghan, Bidstrup, Kayellen Bidstrup aka Kay Bee) [1] – 3:40
  6. "Distraction" – 3:20
  7. "Talk to Me" – 4:02
  8. "Initiation" (Callaghan, Bidstrup) [1] – 3:28
  9. "Maybe I" (Bidstrup, Callaghan) [1] – 3:35
  10. "American Money" (Stapleton) [1] – 3:43
  11. "Ambulance Men" – 3:24
  12. "Tree of Love" – 4:18
  13. "House of Cards" – 2:48
  14. "To the North" (Bidstrup, Callaghan) [1] – 2:47
  15. "Initiation (Mad Wax Mix)" (Callaghan, Bidstrup) – 3:29
  16. "Sounds of Then (Mad Wax Mix)" – 3:24
  17. "The Bigger They Are" – 3:29
  18. "Luck of the Irish" – 3:46
  19. "Shadow of Your Love" (Bidstrup, Callaghan) [1] – 3:07

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Charts) [2] 89

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Australasian Performing Right Association
  2. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.


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