Mallee Boy
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| Mallee Boy | ||||
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| Released | November 1986 | |||
| Studio | Trafalgar Studios; Sydney, Australia. | |||
| Label | Gumleaf Records, Festival Records | |||
| Producer | John Williamson | |||
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Mallee Boy is the sixth studio album by Australian country music artist John Williamson. The album was released in November 1986 and peaked at number 9 on the Kent Music Report; becoming Williamson's first top ten album.[1]
At the inaugural ARIA Music Awards of 1987, the album won Best Country Album.[2] At the 1987 Country Music Association of Australia, the album won Album of the Year. At the 1988 awards, the album won Top Selling Album.[3]
In 2014, Chris Johnston from Sydney Morning Herald said "The best John Williamson songs on his best album Mallee Boy are among the finest representations of (and romances with) Australia in our culture." adding "Mallee Boy's wonderful "Galleries of Pink Galahs", "Raining on the Rock", "True Blue" and "Cootamundra Wattle" are superb, poignant songs about the beauties and paradoxes of this country.".[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mallee Boy" | John Williamson | 3:18 |
| 2. | "Galleries Of Pink Galahs" | Williamson | 3:59 |
| 3. | "Back at the Isa" | Williamson | 2:18 |
| 4. | "Raining on the Rock" | Williamson | 4:27 |
| 5. | "Three Rivers Hotel" | Stan Coster | 3:26 |
| 6. | "Cracker Night" | Williamson, Tony Dennett | 2:55 |
| 7. | "True Blue" | Williamson | 4:00 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Humpin' My Bluey" | Williamson | 3:03 |
| 2. | "The Budgie Song" | Williamson | 2:36 |
| 3. | "I'm in the Mood" | Williamson | 2:55 |
| 4. | "Cootamundra Wattle" | Williamson | 3:48 |
| 5. | "Paint Me a Wheelbarrow" | Williamson | 2:40 |
| 6. | "Diamantina Drover" | Hugh McDonald | 2:58 |
| 7. | "Show Me a Better Way" | Williamson | 3:24 |
