''Rules of the Road'' is the sixth studio album released by Australian Country Musician,

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. It was released in January 2000 and peaked at 16 on the

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in February 2000. The album was certified gold in 2000. The album has been described as a distillation of Australian Country Music history, each song a classic and collectively, a musical 'collage' representing the entire spectrum of the

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as it evolved. The album was nominated for the

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at the

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Track listing

# "Losin' My Blues Tonight" (with special guest

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) - 3:28 # "Darwin Jailhouse Window" (Duet with

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) - 3:56 # "Rules of the Road" - 4:30 # "Cunnamulla Feller" - 3:11 # "That's the Kind of Life I Live" - 2:31 # "Where the White Faced Cattle Roam" (Duet with Buddy Williams) - 2:19 # "The Glass on the Bar" - 3:34 # "Winter Winds" - 3:46 # "Aussie Doghouse Blues" - 2:35 # "By a Fire of Gidgee Coal" (with special guest harmonies

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) - 3:28 # "Overlander Trail" (with

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and Ray Kernaghan) - 2:51 # "Camooweal" - 4:10 # "Following the Light" (with the

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and Lynette Guest) - 3:05 # "A Bushman Can't Survive" (Duet with Tania Kernaghan) - 4:33 # "Days of Old Khancoban" (Duet with Smoky Dawson) - 3:03 # "Leave Him in the Longyard" (with

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