''I Remember When I Was Young'' (subtitled Songs from The Great Australian Songbook) is an album by
Australian vocalist
John Farnham, released on 6 November 2005.
It consists of
cover version
In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song. Originally, it referred to a version of a song release ...
s of songs written or recorded by prominent Australian artists and bands from the 1970s through to the 1990s, including
Daddy Cool,
Mondo Rock
Mondo Rock are an Australian rock band, formed in November 1976 in Melbourne, Victoria. Singer-songwriter Ross Wilson founded the band, following the split of his previous band Daddy Cool. Guitarist Eric McCusker, who joined in 1980, wrote man ...
,
Cold Chisel
Cold Chisel are an Australian pub rock band, which formed in Adelaide in 1973 by mainstay members Ian Moss on guitar and vocals, Steve Prestwich on drums and Don Walker on piano and keyboards. They were soon joined by Jimmy Barnes (at the ...
,
Men At Work
Men at Work are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1978 and best known for breakthrough hits such as " Down Under", "Who Can It Be Now?", " Be Good Johnny", " Overkill", and " It's a Mistake". Its founding member and frontman is C ...
,
Renee Geyer,
Australian Crawl,
Richard Clapton,
The Badloves,
Leonardo's Bride
Leonardo's Bride were an Australian pop band that formed in 1992. It consisted of Abby Dobson on lead vocal and acoustic guitar; Dean Manning on electric guitar, piano, wurlitzer and hammond; Jon Howell on drums; and Patrick Wong (aka Patr ...
and
The Whitlams. The album's title track was written and performed by blues musician
Matt Taylor of the band
Chain.
Chart
The album debuted on the
ARIA charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offic ...
at #2 and soon after its release it peaked at #1.
[ Note: Australian albums and singles information, used for chart peak positions of later John Farnham releases after Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) regulated the charts itself and is based on information supplied by ARIA.]
John Farnham performed "
Downhearted" live on the Australian version of ''
Dancing with the Stars''.
Track listing
Personnel
*
John Farnham - vocals
*
Chong Lim
Chong Voon Lim (born Ipoh, Malaysia) is a Malaysian-born Australian-based musical director, keyboardist, producer, and session musician. Lim attended St. Michael's Institution for secondary education. He relocated to Melbourne, Australia in 1977 ...
- keyboards, arrangements
*Lindsay Field - vocals
*
Lisa Edwards - vocals
*
Dannielle Gaha - vocals
*Joe Creighton - double bass
*
Brett Garsed - guitars
*Stuart Fraser - guitars
*Angus Burchall - drums
*
Ian Cooper - violin
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
2005 albums
Covers albums
Gotham Records albums
John Farnham albums
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