JAMES BLUNDELL

CROSSING THE TRACKS (2004)

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Tracks

  1. Down Under (3:30) - Lee Kernaghan
  2. Truly, Madly, Deeply (4:10) - Travis Sinclair & Camille Te Nahu
  3. One Perfect Day (3:44) - Sara Storer
  4. Eagle Rock (3:45) - Sovereign
  5. Pleasure & Pain (3:48) - Beccy Cole
  6. Unguarded Moment (3:21) - James Blundell
  7. Throw Your Arms Around Me (3:32) - Felicity Urquhart
  8. Bad Habits (3:21) - Feral Swing Katz
  9. Shakin' All Over (2:47) - Travis Sinclair
  10. Tenterfield Sadler (3:56) - Tania Kernaghan
  11. Miss You Love (3:36) - Jake Nickolai
  12. Great Southern Land (4:09) - Lee Kernaghan & James Blundell

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Notes

Press Release
28/10/2004

And no one could be better suited to such a task. After all, Garth's career has spanned both genres over close to three decades.

The result is Crossing The Tracks, an album featuring leading country artists and rising stars, and some of the true classics of Australian music from the past four decades. "The title is meant to convey the idea of crossing boundaries, both musically and culturally," Garth said.

Garth was part of the heyday of Australian pop music as a member of the hit band Sherbet, and his talents as a writer and producer have played a major part in the burgeoning contemporary country scene over the last decade or so with artists like Lee Kernaghan and Sara Storer.

"Australia has a rich heritage of popular music. The songs of our artists have resonated across this land in a unique way," Garth said, "defining the period and our culture. I've been thinking for some years about an album like this, with contemporary country artists performing songs from mainstream music, reinventing them in their own individual styles and giving them new life.

"The aim of this project was to bring something new, something fresh, to tracks that are already well known and much loved. And the finished album has succeeded even beyond my expectations."

Crossing The Tracks includes songs like Peter Allen's Tenterfield Saddler, The Divinyls' Pleasure And Pain and Icehouse's Great Southern Land, all taking on a new perspective and given a new lease of life.

The album kicks off with the classic Aussie anthem of the 1980s, Down Under, performed by Lee Kernaghan. Lee also joins forces with James Blundell on a duet Great Southern Land, then James "lets rip" on Unguarded Moment from The Church.

Highlights of the album include multi Golden Guitar winner Sara Storer's version of One Perfect Day - which is to be released as the first single - along with Beccy Cole's version of Pleasure And Pain and Felicity Urquhart's rendition of Throw Your Arms Around Me. And Tania Kernaghan's interpretation of Tenterfield Saddler.

Several newcomers have lent their talents to Crossing The Tracks, with 2003 New Talent Golden Guitar winner Travis Sinclair singing the oldest track on the album, Normie Rowe's Shakin' All Over, and also teaming up with Camille Te Nahu on the Savage Garden hit Truly, Madly, Deeply.

Camille also fronts her regular band, the Feral Swing Katz, for a rendition of Billy Field's jazz pop hit Bad Habits. Young singer/guitarist Jake Nikolai presents his own take on Silverchair's Miss You Love, while Sovereign pay tribute to Daddy Cool with their version of Eagle Rock.


A STATE OF THE HEART: AUSTRALIA SALUTES ITS OWN (2011)

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Tracks

CD 1:

  1. State Of The Heart (4:03) - Rick Springfield
  2. When The War Is Over (5:09) - Little River Band
  3. Throw Your Arms Around Me (3:55) - Crowded House
  4. What About Me (3:21) - Shannon Noll
  5. Age Of Reason (Live At The Regent) (4:51) - Ross Wilson
  6. I Hope I Never (5:31) - Tina Arena
  7. My Island Home (4:10) - Christine Anu
  8. Tenterfield Saddler (3:31) - Rick Price
  9. A Little Piece Of Peace (3:15) - Graeme Connors
  10. Reckless (4:01) - Paul Kelly
  11. Way Out West (4:01) - James Blundell & James Reyne
  12. Bow River (4:39) - Troy Cassar-Daley
  13. Under The Milky Way (4:56) - Jimmy Little
  14. Slippin' Away (4:46) - Catherine Britt & Max Merritt
  15. One Perfect Day (3:42 - Sara Storer
  16. The Music Goes Round My Head (3:45) - The Saints
  17. April Sun In Cuba (3:44) - Marcia Hines
  18. St. Louis (3:45) - John Paul Young
  19. Gonna See My Baby Tonight (3:25) - Jimmy Barnes & Nathan Cavaleri

CD 2:

  1. The Real Thing (3:33) - Midnight Oil
  2. It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock'n'Roll) (4:12) - John Farnham
  3. I'll Be Gone (Live) (3:32) - John Williamson
  4. You Just Like Me 'Cause I'm Good In Bed (2:46) - Missy Higgins
  5. Black And Blue (4:49) - Jimmy Barnes
  6. Wild About You (2:37) - The Saints
  7. Know Your Product (2:36) - Hunters & Collectors
  8. Wedding Ring (2:04) - The Sports
  9. Someday (2:30) - The Sunny Cowgirls & Adam Brand
  10. Unguarded Moment (3:21) - James Blundell
  11. Forever Now (3:30) - The Reels
  12. Hey St. Peter (3:23) - Choirboys
  13. She's So Fine (2:10) - Thirsty Merc
  14. Highway To Hell (3:24) - Angry Anderson & Sarah McLeod
  15. Pleasure And Pain (3:46) - Beccy Cole
  16. Choir Girl (3:21) - Katie Noonan
  17. Wings Of An Eagle (4:21) - Crosby Sisters with Russell Morris
  18. Come Back Again (3:05) - Anne Kirkpatrick
  19. Lazy Life (2:51) - Glenn Cardier
  20. The Carnival Is Over (3:16) - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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