My Australian Roots

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My Australian Roots
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Studio album by
Kevin Bloody Wilson
ReleasedJune 1989
Genre Comedy/Australian humour
Length42:09
Label Both Barrels Music
Producer Kevin Bloody Wilson
Kevin Bloody Wilson chronology
Born Again Piss Tank
(1987)
My Australian Roots
(1989)
The Lovable Larrikin (best of)
(1990)

My Australian Roots is a 1989 album by Australian rude singer/comedian Kevin Bloody Wilson. The album was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release in 1990.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Denis Bryant. [1]

  1. "You Orta' See Me (When I'm Pissed)" – 3:36
  2. "Double Decker Dog" – 4:26
  3. "The Great Roberto" – 5:05
  4. "Me Dick's on the Dole" – 2:43
  5. "The Featherbrain Championship" – 4:19
  6. "The First Six Rows" – 3:35
  7. "Ollie and Olga" – 3:11
  8. "You Can Never Find One" – 2:35
  9. "Flowers" – 3:05
  10. "The Builder" – 3:18
  11. "Amazing Grass" – 5:40

Charts

Chart performance for My Australian Roots
Chart (1989)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [2] 25

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References

  1. "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA . Retrieved 8 May 2008.
  2. "Australiancharts.com – Kevin Bloody Wilson – My Australian Roots". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2022.