Westgate (album)

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Westgate
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 2007
Recorded Hawthorn, Victoria
Genre Rock, pop
Length49:50
Label Liberation Music
Producer Cameron McKenzie
Mark Seymour chronology
Daytime and the Dark
(2005)
Westgate
(2007)
Titanic
(2007)

Westgate is the fifth studio album by Australian musician Mark Seymour released in June 2007. The album was described as centred on "everyday heroes", with the title track recounting the tale of a real-life worker who was on duty when Melbourne's West Gate Bridge collapsed on 15 October 1970, killing 35 construction workers. [1] "The Year of the Dog" which was initially written as a football song for the Western Bulldogs football team, became the saga of a friend with a drink problem. [1] The album was named as one of the top 10 albums of the year by the Sunday Herald Sun . [2]

Contents

The album's title track had previously been included in a Melbourne Theatre Workers' production, We Built This City, performed at Scienceworks in the suburb of Spotswood in early 2006. [3]

Track listing

(All songs written by Mark Seymour except where indicated)

  1. "Westgate" – 4:50
  2. "Tobruk Pin" (Seymour, Geoff Goodfellow) – 2:41
  3. "Jerusalem" (Steve Earle) – 3:52
  4. "Love Is a Heavy Load" – 4:18
  5. "Walk Through Fire" – 4:31
  6. "The Year of the Dog" – 4:02
  7. "Hell Broke Free" – 3:43
  8. "18 Again" – 4:00
  9. "Master of Spin" – 5:16
  10. "Feel the Lord" – 4:54
  11. "Mississauga" – 4:08
  12. "The Light on the Hill" – 3:34
  13. "The Stayer" – 3:35 (iTunes bonus track)
  14. "Monday to Friday" – 3:46 (iTunes bonus track)

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Nui Te Koha, "Vivid tales of everyday heroes", Sunday Herald Sun, 24 June 2007.
  2. "Best of 2007", Sunday Herald Sun, 23 December 2007.
  3. "Bobcats do the rock 'n' rile", The Age, 24 April 2006, page 13.