The Essential James Reyne

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The Essential
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Greatest hits album by James Reyne
Released 2008
Recorded 1986-1992
Genre Rock, Pop music, Folk music
Label EMI Music
James Reyne albums chronology
One Night in Melbourne
(2007) One Night in Melbourne2007
The Essential
(2008)
TCB
(2010) TCB2010

The Essential is a budget greatest hits album by Australian singer-songwriter, James Reyne. [1] The album was released in 2008 and tracks are taken from the albums, James Reyne , Hard Reyne , Electric Digger Dandy . [2] There are five top 20 singles on the album.

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Contents

Track listing

CD/ Cassette (EMI 50999 243070 2 4)
  1. "Hammerhead" - 4:46
  2. "Motor's Too Fast" - 4:20
  3. "One More River" - 4:01
  4. "Fall of Rome" - 4:57
  5. "Slave" - 4:13
  6. "Any Day Above Ground" - 3:38
  7. "Heaven on a Stick" - 3:24
  8. "Some People" - 4:14
  9. "Mr. Sandman" - 4:24
  10. "Way Out West" (with James Blundell) - 3:59
  11. "Rip it Up" - 5:42
  12. "Always the Way" - 7:23

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References

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  2. "The essential James Reyne [compact disc]". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 25 March 2016.