''Australian Melodrama'' is a compilation album by rock group,
The Triffids
The Triffids were an Australian alternative rock and pop band, formed in Perth in Western Australia in May 1978 with David McComb as singer-songwriter, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboardist.McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry fo"The Triff ...
, released in 1994.
It covered material from 1983 to 1989 and was issued by the White Hot label via
Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998. Festival Mu ...
and
Festival Records
Festival Records (later known as Festival Mushroom Records) was an Australian recording and publishing company founded in Sydney, Australia, in 1952 and operated until 2005.
Festival was a wholly owned subsidiary of News Limited from 1961 to ...
.
Track listing
# "Red Pony" - 4:06
# "Hell of a Summer" - 4:27
# "
Beautiful Waste" - 3:20
# "Raining Pleasure" - 2:28
# "Bright Lights Big City" - 3:30
# "The Seabirds" - 3:18
# "
Wide Open Road
"Wide Open Road" is a single released in 1986 by Australian rock band The Triffids from their album ''Born Sandy Devotional''. It was produced by Gil Norton (Pixies (band), Pixies, Echo & the Bunnymen, Foo Fighters) and written by David McComb o ...
" - 4:06
# "Lonely Stretch" - 5:00
# "Tender is the Night (The Long Fidelity)" - 3:43
# "
Bury Me Deep in Love
Bury Me Deep in Love is a single released by Australian rock group The Triffids from their album '' Calenture''. It appeared in October 1987 and reached No. 48 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. Note: Used for Australian Sing ...
" - 4:05
# "
Trick of the Light" - 3:50
# "Hometown Farewell Kiss" - 4:35
# "Unmade Love" - 4:02
# "Jerdacuttup Man" - 4:45
# "Save What You Can" - 4:29
# "
Falling Over You" - 3:42
# "
Goodbye Little Boy
"Goodbye Little Boy" was the first single released in March 1989 by Australian group The Triffids ahead of their album '' The Black Swan''. Lead vocals are provided by Jill Birt, their keyboardist, instead of David McComb, the group's usual lead ...
- 3:26
# "New Year's Greeting (The Country Widower)" - 5:41
# "In The Pines" - 2:22
References
1994 compilation albums
Albums produced by Gil Norton
The Triffids compilation albums
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