''Six Strings'' is the fourth
studio album by Australian musician
Ian Moss
Ian Richard Moss (born 20 March 1955) is an Australian rock musician from Alice Springs. He is the founding mainstay guitarist and occasional singer of Cold Chisel. In that group's initial eleven year phase from 1973 to 1984, Moss was recorded ...
, released in May 2005.
It is the first acoustic album recorded by Moss and includes re-recorded tracks from his solo career,
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 ...
songs and covers.
Moss said “It took a bit of nerve for me to unplug and play acoustic, but it injected this freshness into my playing. It was a significant new path for me.”
In 2015, Moss announced a national acoustic theatre tour in celebration of the 10th anniversary of ''Six Strings'' with Moss saying "I'm amazed at how much colour and variation and emotion I've been able to get with just voice, guitar and a foot tapping on the floor. Less is more.".
The album was re-released with five extra tracks and a couple of alternate versions
and was certified gold in Australia in 2015.
Track listing
2015 re-release
CD 1
# "Telephone Booth"
# "Saturday Night"
# "Tucker's Daughter"
# "Love Will Carry Us Along"
# "Jealous Guy"
# "Never Before"
# "
Shape I'm In"
# "Green River"
# "Two Seconds Too Long"
# "Piccolo Bar"
# "Angel Eyes"
CD 2
# "Tempted"
# "The Party's Over"
# "All Alone on a Rock"
# "Bow River"
# "Catfish Blues"
# "My Baby"
# "Such a Beautiful Thing"
# "Purple Haze"
# "Message from Baghdad"
# "Song for Julian"
Certifications
Personnel
*Ian Moss - Vocals, Guitar
References
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2005 albums
Liberation Records albums
Ian Moss albums