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n improvised music trio The Necks 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 ''

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'' (1998). At the

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the soundtrack was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album.ARIA Award previous winners.

Reception

The All About Jazz 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

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 ...

– piano *

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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* Tony Buck –

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References

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