True to the Tone

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True to the Tone
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Compilation album by
Released1990
RecordedVarious
Genre World
Label Shock Records
GANGgajang chronology
GangAGAIN
(1987)
True to the Tone
(1990)
Lingo
(1994)

True to the Tone is a compilation album released by GANGgajang in 1990. Songs are mostly from their first two studio albums.

Track listing

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

  1. "Gimme Some Lovin" (Callaghan, Graham Bidstrup) [1] - 2:43
  2. "Sounds of Then (This is Australia)" - 3:53
  3. "Distraction" - 3:21
  4. "Maybe I" (Bidstrup, Callaghan) [1] - 3:35
  5. "Ambulance Men" - 3:24
  6. "The Bigger They Are" - 3:29
  7. "Giver of Life" (Geoffrey Stapleton, Chris Bailey, Callaghan, Bidstrup, Kayellen Bidstrup aka Kay Bee) [1] - 3:38
  8. "Shadow of Your Love" (Bidstrup, Callaghan) [1] - 3:05
  9. "To the North" (Bidstrup, Callaghan) [1] - 2:46
  10. "House of Cards" - 2:45
  11. "Tree of Love"
  12. "Luck of the Irish"
  13. "In Spite of Love" (Geoffrey Stapleton) [1]
  14. "Roof Only Leaks (When It's Raining)" (Graham Bidstrup, Robert James, Callaghan, Kayellen Bidstrup) [1]
  15. "Initiation" (Callaghan, G Bidstrup) [1]
  16. "American Money" (Stapleton) [1]
  17. "Beat Me into Submission" (Callaghan, Stapleton, James, Bailey, Bidstrup) [1]
  18. "Noisy Talking (Part 2)" (M Gorman, Callaghan, Bidstrup) [1]
  19. "Initiation" (Instrumental Surf Mix) (Callaghan, Bidstrup)
  20. "Sounds of Then" (Instrumental Surf Mix)

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References

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