AUSSIE ROCK FAVORITES
VA - Who Listens to The Radio, Aussie Rock Favorites CD1+CD2+CD3+CD4 ( A Butterboy Compilation)
Rock music in Australia, also known as Oz rock, Australian rock and Aussie rock, is rock music from Australia. The nation has a rich history of rock music and an appreciation of the roots of various rock genres, usually originating in the United States or Britain, but also continental Europe, and more recently the musical styles of Africa. Australian rock has also contributed to the development of some of these genres, as well as having its own unique Australiana sound with pub rock and its indigenous music.
From 1955 to 1975 three distinct "waves" of Australian rock occurred. The first wave was from 1955 to 1963. The second wave from 1964 to 1969 was directly influenced by The Beatles and their tour of the country in June 1964. The third wave from 1970 to 1975, with the advent of pub rock, was typified by early exponents, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Blackfeather, and Buffalo. Internationally, AC/DC, which had started as a pub rock group in November 1973 has come to be the most well-known Australian rock band, with more than 71 million sales in the US alone by 2014. Beginning in that era was Countdown, which was a popular music TV program on national broadcaster, ABC, and ran from November 1974 until July 1987. After 1975 Australian rock began to diversify including local contributors to punk and indie rock styles. By the 1980s baby boomer acts were prominent, which included John Farnham, whose album, Whispering Jack (October 1986) peaked at number one on the Australian charts for 25 weeks and was certified 24x platinum indicating shipment of over 1.68 million copies, the highest by any Australian artist. Also in that decade, indigenous rock groups achieved wider recognition. (Wikipedia)
Australia’s musical history is enough to make any Australian proud. Obviously, Aussies are bound to be biased, but most of us truly believe that Australia has spent decades producing some of the most wonderfully crafted and brilliantly performed songs in the world. To celebrate Aussie Rock here are 100 uniquely Aussie rock songs by many iconic Aussie bands.
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VA - Who Listens to the Radio, Aussie Rock Favorites (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2
VA - Who Listens to the Radio, Aussie Rock Favorites (A Butterboy Compilation) CD3+CD4
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Track lists
CD1
01 Easybeats Friday on My Mind 2:38
02 Master's Apprentices Turn Up Your Radio 3:33
03 Zoot Eleanore Rigby 4:41
04 GANGgajang Sounds Of Then (This Is Austra 3:56
05 Go - Betweens Streets of Your Town 3:39
06 Cold Chisel Flame Trees 4:24
07 Richard Clapton Girls on the Avenue 3:55
08 Doug Parkinson Dear Prudence 4:25
09 Church Under the Milky Way 4:58
10 Kahvas Jute Free 5:07
11 Daddy Cool Eagle Rock 4:10
12 Madder Lake 12lb Toothbrush 3:53
13 Flash and the Pan Hey, St. Peter 4:21
14 Cruel Sea Black Stick 4:53
15 Mark Gillespie Small Mercies 3:22
16 Sports Reckless 4:16
17 Spectrum I'll Be Gone 4:12
18 Axiom A Little Ray of Sunshine 3:29
19 Seekers The Carnival is Over 3:08
20 Panics Cruel Guards 5:14
21 Max Sharam Coma 3:45
22 Men at Work Down Under 3:40
23 Icehouse Great Southern Land 5:17
24 Dingoes Way Out West 3:50
25 Russell Morris The Real Thing 6:20
CD2
26 Masters Apprentices Because I Love You 4:29
27 Crowded House Weather With You 3:44
28 Paul Kelly Before Too Long 3:23
29 Levi Smith's Clefs I Can Only Give You Everything 2:46
30 Saints Just Like Fire Would 3:25
31 Little River Band It's a Long Way There 4:13
32 Cruel Sea The Honeymoon is Over 3:05
33 Grant McLennan Open Invitation 4:53
34 Home Bang, Bang, Bang (Single Version) 4:13
35 John Farnham You're the Voice 5:07
36 Pete Murray Feeler 4:20
37 Powderfinger My Happiness 4:36
38 Ac/Dc It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock'n'roll) 5:17
39 Dragon Rain 3:28
40 Albatross The Mermaid 4:37
41 Andrew Pendlebury She Set Fire to the House 4:50
42 Died Pretty D.C. 4:32
43 Richard Clapton Down in the Lucky Country 3:42
44 Broderick Smith's Big Combo Faded Roses 4:32
45 Redgum I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green) 5:45
46 Australian Crawl Errol 3:29
47 Blackfeather Boppin' the Blues 3:14
48 Bakery Holocaust 9:26
49 Jet Radio Song 4:25
50 Stevie Wright Evie (Parts 1,Ii & Iii) 11:10
CD3
51 Cold Chisel Khe Sanh 4:11
52 Daryl Braithwaite The Horses 4:16
53 Shorrock, Birtles & Goble Kings of the World 2:30
54 Inxs Never Tear Us Apart 3:02
55 Divinyls Pleasure and Pain 3:51
56 Goanna Solid Rock 4:33
57 Hoodoo Gurus Bittersweet 3:48
58 Hunters & Collectors Holy Grail 3:49
59 Angels Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face 3:49
60 Midnight Oil Beds Are Burning 4:16
61 Augie March One Crowded Hour 4:45
62 You Am I Berlin Chair 2:35
63 Beasts of Bourbon Finger Lickin' 2:09
64 Rose Tattoo Bad Boy for Love 3:07
65 Reels Quasimodo's Dream 4:09
66 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Into My Arms 4:12
67 Matt Finish Short Note 3:57
68 Screaming Jets Shivers 4:27
69 Silverchair Tomorrow 4:26
70 God My Pal 3:23
71 Sunnyboys Alone With You 4:00
72 Taxiride Get Set 3:13
73 Drones Shark Fin Blues 5:43
74 Triffids Wide Open Road 4:09
75 Gotye Somebody That I Used to Know 4:04
CD4
76 Split Enz I Got You 3:29
77 Tully Brother Sun 3:05
78 Tamun Shud Lady Sunshine 4:31
79 Mpd Limited Little Boy Sad 2:25
80 Lotus Lotus 1 3:44
81 Tina Arena Chains 4:22
82 Little Heroes One Perfect Day 3:40
83 Kush All Right in the City 2:54
84 Badloves Lost 3:31
85 Ratcat Tingles 3:26
86 Electric Hippies Precious 3:27
87 Skyhooks Horror Movie 3:48
88 Chain Black & Blue 4:51
89 Diesel Tip of My Tongue 4:12
90 Jimmy Barnes I'd Die to Be With You Tonight 3:55
91 Brian Cadd Where the Music's Playing 4:15
92 Nick Barker & the Reptiles Age Old Line 4:16
93 Triffids Beautiful Waste 3:20
94 Buffalo Dead Forever 5:32
95 La De Das Gonna See My Baby Tonight 3:20
96 Butler Green River 3:27
97 Ariel It's Only Love 3:44
98 Ian Moss Telephone Booth 3:04
99 Lonely Hearts The Spell 3:32
100 Indelible Murtceps The Indelible Shuffle 3:39
101 Sports Who Listens to the Radio 3:14
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thank you! some great stuff here. even if some of them are NEW ZEALAND bands (crowded house, split eNZ, dragon)
ReplyDeleteHi Unknown
DeleteI know:)
Knew that some will pick me up on that.
They are almost always considered Australian for some reason. ( I tip my hat to the New Zealand artist)
Cheers.
Although I'm a Kiwi and of course would like to claim however ... Crowded House is an Aussie band. Formed in Melbourne - two Aussies, one American, one Kiwi (Tim Finn around for only one album + tour). Ok, so Kiwi Neil Finn did most (all?) of the song writing ... (btw 4 seasons in one day is about Melbourne's weather, not Auckland's).
ReplyDeleteAs for Split Enz! most definitely Kiwi! Got into an argument some years back with a Melbournite who insisted the Enz were from Melbourne and just couldn't accept they were Kiwis :-)
Hi Freddie,
DeleteI saw Split Enz a few times, in concert, in Melbourne (Amazing concerts (before Neil)). They were an Aussie band for me,then. I later found out that they were Kiwi. I still think of them as honorary Aussies. Crowded House lived in Melbourne and then became famous. Love them!
Thanks for clearing up any confusion about their origins. Peace.
Cheers.
THIS IS GREAT KING I THANK YOU FROM AUSSIE
ReplyDeleteHi Aussie. Hope you are well.
DeleteEnjoy the music.
Cheers.
Thank you for these comps. It's a shame more Aussie music didn't make to the U.S. I am enjoying hearing it now, in any case. You fella's had a lot going on in your music scene. Love hearing it. As a U.S. Viet Nam Vet, that song "I Was Only 19" really touches me so thanks for including it. Cheers buddy!
ReplyDeleteHi hotrodmike.
DeleteThere is so many more wonderful artist from Australia and with large catalogs that should be heard. Australian music does have its own flavor and that is exciting to me. I hope you get enjoyment from these selections. "I Was Only 19" is a great track, very moving. In Australia the young men used to be conscripted to fight in whatever campaign, thankfully that has been abolished. Take care and be happy.
Cheers.