Mallee Boy

by John Williamson

Mallee Boy cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 November 1986
  • Label: Gumleaf Records
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 46:48
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Williamson's sixth album, recorded at Trafalgar Studios in Sydney, became his first top ten record and won Best Country Album at the inaugural ARIA Awards. Its re-recorded 'True Blue' fronted the Australian Made campaign and was adopted as a theme by the national cricket team, while 'Raining on the Rock' and 'Cootamundra Wattle' became signature songs.

Genres

Descriptors: storytelling, folk, acoustic, melodic, traditional

Tracklist

  1. Mallee Boy (3:17)
  2. Galleries of Pink Galahs (4:10)
  3. Back at the Isa (2:52)
  4. Raining on the Rock (4:31)
  5. Three Rivers Hotel (3:09)
  6. Cracker Night (2:56)
  7. True Blue - 1986 Version (4:02)
  8. Humpin' My Bluey (3:04)
  9. The Budgie Song (2:42)
  10. I'm in the Mood (2:53)
  11. Cootamundra Wattle (3:52)
  12. Paint Me a Wheelbarrow (2:45)
  13. Diamantina Drover (3:02)
  14. Show Me a Better Way (3:28)

Credits

  • Jack Grimsley - arranged by [string arrangement]
  • Dave Ellis - bass, double bass [bull fiddle]
  • Doug Gallacher - drums, percussion
  • Paul Ibbotson - lacquer cut by
  • Rick O'Neil - lacquer cut by [runout etching 鈸
  • Rick Chadwick - synthesizer, synthesizer [emulator]
  • Ian Brown - art direction
  • Geoff Hunt - engineer [assistant]
  • Phil Matthews - executive-producer
  • Graham McCarter - photography
  • Stan Coster - written-by
  • Tony Dennett - written-by
  • With Friends - written by
  • Hugh McDonald - written-by

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