''The Boys'' is the sixth
album
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and first
soundtrack album
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by
Australia
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n
improvised music
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trio
The Necks
The Necks are an Australian avant-garde jazz trio formed in 1987 by founding mainstays Chris Abrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums, percussion and electric guitar, and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass. They play i ...
originally released on the Wild Sound/MDS label in 1998 and later rereleased on Fish of Milk. The album features music recorded for the Australian motion picture ''
The Boys
Boys are young male humans.
Boys or The Boys may also refer to:
Film and television Films
* ''The Boys'' (1962 British film), a courtroom drama by Sidney J. Furie
* ''The Boys'' (1962 Finnish film), a war drama by Mikko Niskanen
* ''Boys'' ( ...
'' (1998).
At the
ARIA Music Awards of 1998
The 12th Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 20 October 1998 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. Presenters, including Democrats deputy l ...
the soundtrack was nominated for
Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album.
[ARIA Award previous winners. ]
Reception
The
All About Jazz
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review states that "The album would make a good start for those who want to get into these Australians' music, because it's made of smaller doses of the trio's traditional work."
[Calle, S]
The Boys review
''All About Jazz'' October 2, 2004 accessed 13 January 2009.
Track listing
All compositions by The Necks.
# "The Boys I" - 4:28
# "He Led Them into the World" - 10:21
# "Headlights" - 10:11
# "The Boys II" - 3:15
# "The Sleep of Champions" - 6:33
# "Fife and Drum" - 10:22
# "The Boys III" - 3:43
Personnel
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Chris Abrahams
Christopher Robert Lionel Abrahams (born 1961, Oamaru, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born, Australian-based musician. He is a founding mainstay member of experimental, jazz trio the Necks (1987–present), he collaborated with Melanie Oxley as ...
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piano
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Lloyd Swanton
Lloyd Stuart Swanton (born 14 August 1960) is an Australian jazz double bassist, bass guitarist, and composer.
Swanton was a member of Dynamic Hepnotics in 1986McFarlan'Dynamic Hepnotics'entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010. and co-founded jazz ...
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bass
*
Tony Buck –
drums
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References
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The Necks albums
1998 soundtrack albums
Drama film soundtracks